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demean
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb demean has 1 sense
- demean(v = verb.emotion) degrade, disgrace, put down, take down - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" is one way to abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
demean, v.tr. (usu. refl.) lower the dignity of (would not demean myself to take it).
demean, v.refl. (with adv.) behave (demeaned himself well).
Etymology
ME f. OF demener f. Rmc (as DE-, L minare drive animals f. minari threaten)
THESAURUS
demean
abase, abash, acquit, act, bear, belittle, bring down, bring low, carry, cast down, comport, conduct, contemn, crush, debase, decry, degrade, deport, derogate, despise, detract, diminish, disparage, dump, dump on, go on, humiliate, lower, put down, quit, reduce, scorn, set down, sink, take down, trip up
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