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Antonyms for demeaning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-mee-ning
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmi nɪŋ

Definition of demeaning

Origin :
  • 1829, present participle adjective from demean (v.). Related: Demeaningly.
  • verb humble, humiliate
Example sentences :
  • Just who the hell do you think you are—demeaning the dignity of the United States Senate?
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • In this demeaning paradigm, "touch is a gift from one who is whole to one who is not" (p. 68).
  • Extract from : « Nursing as Caring » by Anne Boykin
  • I will not have you demeaning yourself, even in speech, before Cecile's friend.
  • Extract from : « Two Knapsacks » by John Campbell
  • But I get some fun trying to do things I never did before, while Mammy scolds me for demeaning myself.
  • Extract from : « Dixie After the War » by Myrta Lockett Avary
  • But a Creole or Spaniard would think it demeaning to drive his own volante; the thing is never seen on the island.
  • Extract from : « History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • I argued that if I had been rude, apologies was due, and those apologies without a question of demeaning, I did make.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • You find him oftenest among the poor, and always so demeaning himself as to be the one that was "meek and lowly in heart."
  • Extract from : « Thoughts on Missions » by Sheldon Dibble
  • Him, that ought to be proud of her demeaning herself to stoop to a young chap in a lower station, so to call.
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • It's because he's come in for his 'eritance, which he never would have had only for me, that he's demeaning himself this fashion.
  • Extract from : « Ralph the Heir » by Anthony Trollope
  • He had never lied, never seduced, never stooped to anything which seemed to him demeaning.
  • Extract from : « The Countess of Albany » by Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)

Synonyms for demeaning

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