degrading
adjective
de·grad·ing
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Definition of degrading
: 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
Other Words from degrading
degradingly
\ di-ˈgrā-diŋ-lē
, dē- \
adverb
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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
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