degrading

adjective

de·grad·ing di-ˈgrā-diŋ

dē-

Synonyms of degrading next

: causing or associated with a low, destitute, or demoralized state : causing someone to be or feel degraded

a degrading experience

… a work about a young man full of bottled rage looking for a degrading job …—

Penelope Gilliatt

… any cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment of detainees was absolutely forbidden …—

David Cole

degradingly

di-ˈgrā-diŋ-lē

dē-

adverb

"I hate to be poor, and we are degradingly poor, offensively poor, miserably poor, beastly poor." —

Charles Dickens

When employees are treated degradingly by their manager, they respond with decreased motivation, commitment, loyalty, and productivity. —

Ken Lloyd

Examples of degrading in a Sentence

made degrading comments about his so-called friend behind his back

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Read: ‘Shallow Hal’ and the never-ending fat joke Among Lost’s most degrading tropes was Hurley’s obsession with junk food. —

Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024 Throughout her time in Danity Kane and later Diddy-Dirty Money, Richard claims that Combs would make degrading comments about her body and physical appearance. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024 But that makes his capitulation only more degrading. —

Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2024 There are plenty of mocking or degrading images of Harris and other female Democratic politicians, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. —

Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for degrading