Overview of verb degrade

The verb degrade has 3 senses

• degrade -- (reduce the level of land, as by erosion)


• take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down -- (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture")


• degrade, cheapen -- (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)

Overview of adj degraded

The adj degraded has 2 senses

• debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast -- (unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women")


• debased, devalued, degraded -- (lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency")