degrading

The word “degrading” has 3 syllables: de-grad-ing

It's pronounced as /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for degrading?

In the thesaurus, “degrading” has 164 synonyms and 79 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for degrading along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for degrading

abashing
abasing
abusive
acrid
acrimonious
affronting
aspersing
bad-mouthing
bastardizing
befouling
begriming
belittling
bitter
blemishing
breaking
busting
calumnious
cankering
canning
cashiering
castigating
catty
caustic
censuring
chastening
cheapening
condemning
confounding
confusing
contaminating
contemptuous
corrupting
critical
criticizing
cruel
crying down
damaging
damning
debasing
debauching
decrying
defacing
defamatory
defaming
defiling
demeaning
demoralizing
demoting
denigrative
denigratory
denouncing
denunciative
denunciatory
depraving
deprecatory
depreciating
depreciative
depreciatory
derisory
derogative
derogatory
descending
despiteful
destroying
deteriorating
detracting
detractive
diluting
diminishing
dirtying
discomfiting
disconcerting
discountenancing
discounting
discrediting
disdainful
disgracing
dishonoring
dismissing
disparaging
disrating
downgrading
downsizing
embarrassing
envious
execrating
fazing
firing
flawing
flustering
fouling
harming
hateful
humbling
humiliating
hurting
impairing
insulting
jaundiced
jealous
laying off
lessening
libeling
libelling
libellous
libelous
lowering
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
maligning
marring
mean
minimizing
mortifying
nasty
nonplusing
nonplussing
opprobrious
pejorative
perverting
poisoning
polluting
profaning
prostituting
putting down
rancorous
rattling
reducing
reprehending
reprobating
resentful
ridiculing
ruining
sacking
scathing
scornful
scurrilous
shaming
sinking
slandering
slanderous
slighting
smirching
spiteful
spoiling
staining
subverting
tainting
taking down
tarnishing
thinning
uncomplimentary
unkind
venomous
vilifying
virulent
vitiating
warping
watering down
weakening
wrecking
writing off

Antonyms for degrading

acclaiming
acknowledging
admiring
adulatory
advancing
aggrandizing
ameliorating
amending
applauding
appreciative
approving
bettering
boasting
boosting
canonizing
celebrating
cheering
citing
clarifying
cleaning
cleansing
commendatory
commending
complimentary
complimenting
congratulating
decorating
deifying
dignifying
elevating
enhancing
ennobling
enriching
enshrining
enskying
enthroning
eulogizing
exalting
extolling
feting
friendly
glorifying
hailing
highlighting
hiring
honoring
idealizing
improving
kind
kindhearted
kindly
laudative
laudatory
lauding
lifting
magnifying
meliorating
perfecting
playing up
positive
praising
promoting
purifying
raising
recognizing
refining
respectful
respecting
restoring
romanticizing
saluting
spotlighting
sympathetic
touting
unmalicious
upgrading
uplifting
warm
warmhearted

Meanings of degrading

verb
1. To lower in value or social position.
2. To reduce in quality or purity.
3. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
noun
1. An act or process of degradation.
adjective
1. That degrades.

Example Sentences

The movie was criticized for degrading women through harmful stereotypes.
Pollution is degrading the health of rivers and oceans worldwide.
He was accused of degrading his colleagues with rude comments.
The constant noise is degrading the quality of life in the neighborhood.
The material is slowly degrading after years of exposure to the elements.

On this page you'll find 243 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to degrading, such as: abashing, abasing, abusive, acclaiming, acknowledging, acrid, acrimonious.

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