Synonyms for degradation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : deg-ruh-dey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛg rəˈdeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for degradation
Définition of degradation
Origin :- 1530s, from French dégradation (14c., Old French degradacion), from Medieval Latin degradationem (nominative degradatio), noun of action from past participle stem of degradare (see degrade).
- noun depravity, shame
- From the symbol of her degradation, she looked to the man whose action had placed it there.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- It was blasphemy to think of her in such case, subjected to the degradation of these processes.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- She had very honourable alliances, and yet she has thought it no degradation to be governess to Madame de Pompadour's daughter.
- Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
- She contrasted them with his own weakness and supineness and degradation.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- He was right at the bottom now, in the last state of degradation.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- It may be your fate to sink or to swim, but it can never be your degradation to strike.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- Her friend had vanished in agony, but not, she believed, in degradation.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- You are speaking of the degradation of the soul: but how about the body?
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- She was sunk already in shame and degradation, and he had put it out of his power to save her.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- When I look ahead I see nothing but shame and misery and degradation for you in the future.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
Antonyms for degradation
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