1. Unrestrained by convention or morality
   "deplorably dissipated and degraded";
   - debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
    
2. Lowered in value
   "a degraded currency";
   - debased, devalued

1. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
   "The poor maintenance degraded the building's value";
   - cheapen
    
2. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
   "She tends to degrade younger women colleagues";
   - take down, disgrace, demean, put down
    
3. Reduce the level of land, as by erosion
   "Years of heavy rainfall degraded the hillside"

See also: immoral, low

Type of: abase, aggravate, chagrin, exacerbate, exasperate, humble, humiliate, mortify, reduce, shrink, worsen

Antonym: aggrade

Encyclopedia: Degraded