Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of degrade
adjectivedegrading (comparative more degrading, superlative most degrading)
comparative more degrading · superlative most degrading
- Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.
Retrieving my dropped possessions from the mud was a degrading experience.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveharmful to the mind or morals
Similar
adjectiveused of conduct; characterized by dishonor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian унизителен
- унизителен (unizitelen)that degrades
Danish nedværdigende
- nedværdigendethat degrades
Dutch vernederend
- vernederendthat degrades
German erniedrigend, herabsetzend
- erniedrigendthat degrades
- herabsetzendthat degrades
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with degrading
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APA
degrading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degrading
MLA
“degrading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degrading. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degrading,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degrading.
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