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Billy Kasker wandered off for a few moments and I had to demote him.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR DEMOTE
humble
verbshame, put down- abase
- abash
- bemean
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- cut to the quick
- debase
- deflate
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- disgrace
- embarrass
- hide
- humiliate
- lower
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- mortify
- overcome
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- strike dumb
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- upset
humbled
verbshame, put down- abase
- abash
- bemean
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- cut to the quick
- debase
- deflate
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- disgrace
- embarrass
- hide
- humiliate
- lower
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- mortify
- overcome
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- strike dumb
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- upset
humbling
verbshame, put down- abase
- abash
- bemean
- break
- bring down
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- cut to the quick
- debase
- deflate
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- disgrace
- embarrass
- hide
- humiliate
- lower
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- mortify
- overcome
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- strike dumb
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- upset
lower
verbreduce, minimizelowered
verbreduce, minimizerelegate
verbbanish, downgraderelegated
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