Thesaurus / de-grading
FEEDBACK- as ininglorious
- as ininsulting
- as inmenial
- as inshameful
- as inunhealthy
- as inunscrupulous
- as inunworthy
- as ininfra dig
- as inshocked
- as inunmanly
- as indegrading
- as inderogatory
- as indespicable
- as indisgraceful
- as inmeanness
- as ininsult
- as inlessen
- as inlower
- as inprostitute
- as inreduce
- as inshame
- as insink
- as insoil
- as inbastardize
- as inbreak
- as insmirch
- as inanimalize
- as inbestialize
- as incheapen
- as insophisticate
- as incommercialize
- as incorrupt
- as inadulterate
- as indefile
- as indegrade
- as indemean
- as indemote
- as indepose
- as indeprave
- as indepress
- as indeteriorate
- as indethrone
- as indiscredit
- as indisgrace
- as indisparage
- as indowngrade
- as inabase
- as inhumble
- as inhumiliate
synonyms for de-grading
synonyms for de-grading
- biting
- degrading
- derogatory
- disparaging
- disrespectful
- hurtful
- offensive
- repulsive
- rude
- ridiculing
- slighting
- discourteous
- insolent
- uncivil
- base
- boring
- common
- humdrum
- low
- mean
- routine
- abject
- baseborn
- degrading
- demeaning
- dull
- fawning
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- ignominious
- obeisant
- obsequious
- servile
- slavish
- sorry
- subservient
- sycophantic
- unskilled
- vile
- dastardly
- disgraceful
- embarrassing
- flagrant
- heinous
- humiliating
- ignominious
- immoral
- indecent
- outrageous
- reprehensible
- scandalous
- shocking
- sinful
- vile
- base
- carnal
- contemptible
- corrupt
- debauched
- degrading
- diabolical
- dishonorable
- drunken
- immodest
- impure
- infamous
- intemperate
- lewd
- low
- mean
- mortifying
- notorious
- obscene
- opprobrious
- profligate
- reprobate
- ribald
- shaming
- unbecoming
- unclean
- unworthy
- villainous
- vulgar
- wicked
- corrupt
- corrupting
- dangerous
- degrading
- detrimental
- harmful
- hazardous
- negative
- noxious
- perilous
- perverse
- poisonous
- risky
- undesirable
- unsanitary
- unsound
- baneful
- chancy
- degenerate
- deleterious
- demoralizing
- insalubrious
- jeopardous
- morbid
- nefarious
- noisome
- rotten
- treacherous
- unhealthful
- unwholesome
- villainous
- virulent
- wicked
- corrupt
- crafty
- crooked
- deceitful
- dishonest
- illegal
- petty
- ruthless
- selfish
- shady
- shameless
- underhanded
- unethical
- venal
- arrant
- base
- casuistic
- conscienceless
- degraded
- degrading
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- down and dirty
- exploitative
- improper
- low-down
- mercenary
- perfidious
- questionable
- recreant
- scandalous
- scheming
- self-seeking
- shifty
- sinister
- slippery
- sly
- two-faced
- unconscientious
- unconscionable
- underhand
- unfair
- unprincipled
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- wrongful
- inappropriate
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- undeserving
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- unsuitable
- base
- beneath
- blamable
- contemptible
- degrading
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- good-for-nothing
- ignoble
- improper
- inexcusable
- no-account
- no-good
- not deserving
- not fit
- not good enough
- nothing
- not worth
- offensive
- out of place
- recreant
- reprehensible
- unbecoming
- unbefitting
- unmerited
- unseemly
- valueless
- vile
- wretched
- wrong
- beneath one
- beneath one's dignity
- debasing
- degrading
- demeaning
- inexpedient
- infra indignitatem
- unbecoming
- unworthy of one
- aghast
- appalled
- astonished
- dismayed
- frightened
- appalling
- degrading
- humiliating
- jarred
- shocking
- stupefied
- deplorable
- infra dig
- opprobrious
- percussive
- squeamish
- ugly
- vulgar
- degrading
- dishonorable
- effeminate
- effeminate cockney
- gutless
- ignoble
- mean
- sissy
- unmasculine
- womanish
- defamatory
- degrading
- demeaning
- disparaging
- sarcastic
- slanderous
- unflattering
- belittling
- calumnious
- censorious
- contumelious
- critical
- damaging
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- despiteful
- detracting
- disdainful
- dishonoring
- fault-finding
- humiliating
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- maligning
- minimizing
- opprobrious
- reproachful
- scornful
- slighting
- spiteful
- unfavorable
- vilifying
- contemptible
- degrading
- disgraceful
- disreputable
- loathsome
- reprehensible
- shameful
- vile
- wretched
- abject
- awful
- base
- beastly
- cheap
- detestable
- dirty
- down
- ignominious
- infamous
- insignificant
- low
- low-life
- mean
- no-good
- pitiful
- slimy
- sordid
- worthless
- contemptible
- degrading
- ignominious
- scandalous
- shocking
- blameworthy
- detestable
- discreditable
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- ignoble
- infamous
- inglorious
- mean
- offensive
- opprobrious
- shabby
- shady
- shoddy
- unrespectable
- unworthy
- belittling
- cheating
- scolding
- coveting
- deceiving
- defaming
- defrauding
- degrading
- dishonoring
- groveling
- grudging
- quarreling
- shaming
- sneaking
- annoy
- curse
- humiliate
- irritate
- libel
- mock
- outrage
- provoke
- ridicule
- slander
- taunt
- abase
- affront
- aggravate
- blister
- debase
- degrade
- deride
- dishonor
- disoblige
- flout
- gird
- injure
- jeer
- pan
- revile
- roast
- scoff
- slam
- slight
- sneer
- snub
- tease
- underestimate
- vex
- cut to the quick
- dump on
- put down
- step on one's toes
- abate
- curtail
- decrease
- dilute
- diminish
- dwindle
- ease
- erode
- impair
- lighten
- minimize
- mitigate
- narrow
- shrink
- slacken
- taper off
- weaken
- abridge
- amputate
- attenuate
- clip
- close
- contract
- crop
- cut
- decline
- de-escalate
- degrade
- downsize
- drain
- minify
- moderate
- soft pedal
- taper
- thin
- truncate
- become smaller
- cut back
- die down
- grow less
- roll back
- slack up
- slow down
- take the bite out
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- wind down
- depress
- devalue
- downgrade
- abase
- condescend
- debase
- degrade
- deign
- demean
- humble
- humiliate
- stoop
- bemean
- cast down
- debase
- demean
- pervert
- abuse
- cheapen
- corrupt
- debauch
- degrade
- deprave
- devalue
- misapply
- misuse
- profane
- vitiate
- misemploy
- lower
- abase
- break
- bump
- bust
- degrade
- demote
- downgrade
- bring low
- declass
- demerit
- disgrade
- disrate
- take down a peg
- debase
- discredit
- dishonor
- humiliate
- mortify
- reproach
- ridicule
- abash
- blot
- confound
- defile
- degrade
- disconcert
- humble
- smear
- stain
- cut down to size
- give a black eye
- shoot down
- take down
- take down a peg
- besmirch
- contaminate
- debase
- degrade
- muddy
- pollute
- smear
- smudge
- sully
- taint
- tar
- tarnish
- bedraggle
- befoul
- begrime
- crumb
- defile
- dirty
- discolor
- disgrace
- foul
- grime
- maculate
- mess
- muck
- muss
- shame
- spatter
- spoil
- spot
- stain
- mess up
- muck up
- muss up
- adulterate
- bestialize
- brutalize
- corrupt
- debauch
- degrade
- demoralize
- deprave
- pervert
- vitiate
- warp
- declare illegitimate
- bankrupt
- bust
- confound
- confute
- controvert
- cow
- cripple
- degrade
- demerit
- demoralize
- demote
- dispirit
- disprove
- downgrade
- enervate
- enfeeble
- humiliate
- impair
- impoverish
- incapacitate
- pauperize
- rebut
- reduce
- refute
- ruin
- subdue
- tame
- undermine
- declass
- disconfirm
- besmear
- besmirch
- bespatter
- blacken
- blemish
- blot
- blotch
- contaminate
- degrade
- dirty
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- pollute
- smear
- smudge
- soil
- stain
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- denigrate
- disparage
- mar
- minimize
- abase
- belittle
- corrupt
- damage
- decline
- decry
- depreciate
- derogate
- devalue
- discredit
- downgrade
- drop
- fall
- lower
- reduce
- ruin
- spoil
- undervalue
- beat down
- lose value
- mark down
- render worthless
- write off
- corrupt
- degrade
- pollute
- alloy
- amalgamate
- attenuate
- blend
- cheapen
- commingle
- contaminate
- cook
- cut
- debase
- defile
- denature
- depreciate
- deteriorate
- devalue
- dilute
- dissolve
- doctor
- falsify
- impair
- infiltrate
- intermix
- irrigate
- lace
- load
- mingle
- mix
- plant
- shave
- spike
- taint
- thin
- transfuse
- vitiate
- weaken
- doctor up
- make impure
- phony up
- water down
- degrade
- advertise
- cheapen
- depreciate
- lessen
- lower
- market
- sell
- develop as business
- make bring returns
- make marketable
- make pay
- make profitable
- make saleable
- bribe
- contaminate
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- harm
- impair
- misuse
- ruin
- subvert
- taint
- undermine
- violate
- warp
- abase
- abuse
- adulterate
- animalize
- bastardize
- blemish
- blight
- damage
- debauch
- decay
- decompose
- deface
- defile
- deform
- deprave
- depreciate
- despoil
- disfigure
- disgrace
- dishonor
- fix
- hurt
- ill-treat
- infect
- injure
- lower
- lure
- maltreat
- mar
- mistreat
- outrage
- putrefy
- ravage
- reduce
- rot
- spoil
- square
- stain
- suborn
- vitiate
- waste
- grease palm
- pull down
- contaminate
- alloy
- amalgamate
- attenuate
- blend
- cheapen
- commingle
- cook
- corrupt
- cut
- defile
- degrade
- denature
- depreciate
- deteriorate
- devalue
- dilute
- dissolve
- doctor
- falsify
- impair
- infiltrate
- intermix
- irrigate
- lace
- mingle
- mix
- plant
- pollute
- shave
- spike
- taint
- thin
- transfuse
- vitiate
- weaken
- doctor up
- make impure
- phony up
- water down
- besmirch
- debase
- degrade
- desecrate
- discolor
- dishonor
- sully
- vitiate
- abuse
- adulterate
- befoul
- contaminate
- deflower
- dirty
- disgrace
- hurt
- maculate
- molest
- pollute
- profane
- rape
- ravish
- seduce
- shame
- smear
- soil
- stain
- taint
- tar
- tarnish
- trash
- make foul
- mess up
- muck up
- scuzz up
- cheapen
- corrupt
- debase
- degenerate
- demean
- deteriorate
- diminish
- discredit
- disgrace
- downgrade
- impair
- lessen
- reduce
- vitiate
- weaken
- abase
- belittle
- bench
- break
- bump
- bust
- canker
- debauch
- decry
- demote
- depose
- deprave
- derogate
- detract
- disbar
- dishonor
- disparage
- humble
- injure
- lower
- pan
- pervert
- sink
- slam
- bemean
- cast down
- cut down to size
- declass
- mudsling
- put down
- rule out
- run down
- shoot down
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- belittle
- debase
- degrade
- despise
- disparage
- abase
- contemn
- decry
- derogate
- descend
- detract
- lower
- pan
- scorn
- sink
- stoop
- bad-mouth
- bemean
- cast down
- cut down to size
- dis
- dump on
- knock down
- poor-mouth
- bump
- dismiss
- relegate
- bench
- break
- bust
- degrade
- demean
- lower
- reduce
- declass
- demerit
- disrate
- hold back
- kick downstairs
- set back
- demote
- dethrone
- dismiss
- impeach
- overthrow
- unseat
- bounce
- break
- can
- cashier
- chuck
- degrade
- displace
- downgrade
- eject
- subvert
- unfrock
- unmake
- upset
- boot out
- discrown
- drum out
- freeze out
- give heave-ho
- kick out
- remove from office
- ride out on rail
- run out of town
- send packing
- throw out
- throw out on ear
- uncrown
- bastardize
- bestialize
- brutalize
- debase
- debauch
- degrade
- demoralize
- pervert
- seduce
- subvert
- vitiate
- warp
- afflict
- beat down
- bother
- damp
- dampen
- daunt
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- disturb
- dull
- lower
- reduce
- sadden
- sap
- slow
- trouble
- upset
- weaken
- weigh down
- abase
- ail
- beat
- bug
- chill
- cow
- darken
- debase
- debilitate
- degrade
- desolate
- devitalize
- distress
- drag
- drain
- enervate
- faze
- mock
- mortify
- oppress
- perturb
- press
- scorn
- torment
- try
- weary
- bear down
- bum out
- cast down
- keep under
- put down
- reduce to tears
- run down
- throw cold water on
- turn one off
- crumble
- decline
- degrade
- depreciate
- disintegrate
- ebb
- fade
- fail
- fall apart
- languish
- lessen
- lower
- regress
- sink
- slide
- undermine
- weaken
- worsen
- adulterate
- alloy
- break
- corrode
- corrupt
- debase
- debilitate
- decompose
- deprave
- descend
- flag
- impair
- injure
- lapse
- mar
- pervert
- retrograde
- retrogress
- rot
- skid
- spoil
- vitiate
- become worse
- be worse for wear
- disimprove
- go downhill
- go to pieces
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- hit the skids
- lose it
- lose quality
- wear away
- defame
- degrade
- destroy
- disgrace
- disparage
- disprove
- ruin
- slander
- smear
- vilify
- censure
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- explode
- expose
- pooh-pooh
- puncture
- reproach
- shoot
- slur
- blow up
- bring into disrepute
- bring to naught
- disconsider
- frown upon
- knock bottom out of
- mudsling
- poke full of holes
- put down
- reflect on
- run down
- show up
- take rug out from under
- tear down
- besmirch
- debase
- defame
- defile
- degrade
- discredit
- dishonor
- disparage
- disrespect
- humiliate
- reproach
- slander
- stigmatize
- sully
- tarnish
- abase
- attaint
- blot
- depress
- deride
- derogate
- desecrate
- disfavor
- disregard
- expel
- humble
- libel
- lower
- mock
- reduce
- ridicule
- slur
- snub
- stain
- taint
- give a black eye
- lose face
- put down
- take down a peg
- tar and feather
- belittle
- decry
- defame
- degrade
- denigrate
- deride
- discredit
- dismiss
- malign
- ridicule
- scorn
- slander
- underrate
- vilify
- abuse
- chill
- deject
- demoralize
- deprecate
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- discourage
- disdain
- dishearten
- dispirit
- lower
- minimize
- pan
- rap
- roast
- scorch
- slam
- smear
- traduce
- underestimate
- undervalue
- cry down
- dis
- dispraise
- downcry
- dump on
- put down
- put hooks in
- run down
- sour grapes
- tear down
- write off
- degrade
- demote
- devalue
- reduce
- undervalue
- abase
- bench
- break
- bump
- bust
- decrease
- decry
- demerit
- denigrate
- depreciate
- disparage
- humble
- minimize
- declass
- detract from
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- disrate
- mark down
- run down
- set back
- take down a peg
- write off
- belittle
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- degrade
- demean
- diminish
- disgrace
- dishonor
- humble
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- lower
- mortify
- reduce
- shame
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- deflate
- disgrace
- embarrass
- humiliate
- mortify
- overcome
- subdue
- upset
- abase
- abash
- break
- debase
- degrade
- demean
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- deny
- discomfit
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- hide
- lower
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- bemean
- bring down
- cast down
- cut to the quick
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- strike dumb
- take down
- take down a peg
- confuse
- crush
- degrade
- demean
- depress
- disgrace
- humble
- shame
- snub
- subdue
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- base
- blister
- break
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- conquer
- debase
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- discomfit
- discountenance
- dishonor
- downplay
- lower
- mortify
- pan
- rip
- slam
- smear
- squash
- vanquish
- wither
- bemean
- bring down
- bring low
- cast down
- cut down to size
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- play down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- run down
- shoot down
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
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