Meanings
plural degraders
- One who, or that which, degrades.
The end of the rainbow is Elizabeth Berkley, a former dancer who could exhume the corpse of Martha Graham and still go to her own grave known solely for “Showgirls,” that great degrader of the once simply disreputable profession of stripping.
2008 April 3, Ginia Bellafante, “Gladiators of the Dance in the Arena of Reality TV”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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degrader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degrader
“degrader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degrader. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degrader,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degrader.
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