Synonyms for demeaning
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-mee-ning |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmi nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for demeaning Other synonyms for the word demeaning
Définition of demeaning
Origin :- 1829, present participle adjective from demean (v.). Related: Demeaningly.
- verb humble, humiliate
- 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)
Antonyms for demeaning
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