Overview of verb demean

The verb demean has 1 sense

• 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")

Overview of adj demeaning

The adj demeaning has 1 sense

• demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")