Verb: degrade di'greyd
- Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
"The poor maintenance degraded the building's value";
- cheapen
- Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
"She tends to degrade younger women colleagues";
- take down, disgrace, demean, put down
- Reduce the level of land, as by erosion
"Years of heavy rainfall degraded the hillside"
Derived forms: degraded, degrades, degrading
Type of: abase, aggravate, chagrin, exacerbate, exasperate, humble, humiliate, mortify, reduce, shrink, worsen
Antonym: aggrade
Encyclopedia: Degrade