What does Degrading mean?

Definitions for Degrading
de·grad·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Degrading.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. corrupting, degradingadjective

    harmful to the mind or morals

    "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"

  2. debasing, degradingadjective

    used of conduct; characterized by dishonor

GCIDE

  1. degradingadjective

    causing humiliation or degradation; as, a degrading surrender.

Wiktionary

  1. degradingadjective

    that degrades

Webster Dictionary

  1. Degrading

    of Degrade

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Degrading in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Degrading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Degrading in a Sentence

  1. Marcelo Ang:

    Robotics has very good potential to make people's lives more meaningful, by letting them not do the' five Ds' : degrading, demeaning, dirty, dangerous or driving tasks.

  2. Daniel J. Boorstin:

    Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.

  3. Jordi Martinez:

    For those that dress up it’s an honor, it’s not a degrading thing.

  4. Samantha Cohen:

    And I was desensitized to men making creepy comments about me, but I was not desensitized to someone blatantly insulting and degrading my father in front of me, someone who I looked up to and loved very much, and that was very upsetting to me.

  5. Ramille Shah:

    What that does is, it provides follicles with the space to grow, but also it allows space for blood vessels to infiltrate the scaffold without degrading the material.

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