Synonyms and Antonyms of degrade
1
to bring to a lower grade or rank
- the view that such a system degrades doctors to the status of medical employees who ultimately are not in charge of their patients' health care
can, cashier, dismiss, downsize, fire, lay off, sack
abase, debase, demean, humble, humiliate, lower
2
to lower in character, dignity, or quality
- degrading the school's animal mascot with a silly costume
abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, demean, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp
befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weaken
descend
disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take down
blemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreck
depreciate, downgrade
dignify, exalt, honor
ameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect
clarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restore
respect
3
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
- the players degraded themselves with their crude antics off the field
abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humble, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle
belittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write off
bad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slander
affront, insult
censure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate
acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol
