degrade

Meaning of degrade

verb
  1. To lower in value or social position.
    Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
  2. To reduce in quality or purity.
    The DNA sample has degraded.
  3. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

Information about degrade

Hyphenation of degrade

de-grade

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • degrade is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

degrade synonyms

Meaning take down:

disgrace, demean

Meaning cheapen:

cheapen

Translation of degrade

Words that rhyme with degrade

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