"degrading" meaning in English

See degrading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Forms: more degrading [comparative], most degrading [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} degrading (comparative more degrading, superlative most degrading)
  1. Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded. Translations (that degrades): унизителен (unizitelen) (Bulgarian), nedværdigende (Danish), vernederend (Dutch), erniedrigend (German), herabsetzend (German)
    Sense id: en-degrading-en-adj-pULVi83O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 7 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 77 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 81 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 80 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 10 12

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Forms: degradings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} degrading (plural degradings)
  1. An act or process of degradation.
    Sense id: en-degrading-en-noun-kaZMnqmV

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK]
Rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} degrading
  1. present participle and gerund of degrade Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: degrade
    Sense id: en-degrading-en-verb-nLmj6IyG

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for degrading meaning in English (2.7kB)

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