DEMEAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does demean mean?
• DEMEAN (verb)
The verb DEMEAN has 1 sense:
1. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Familiarity information: DEMEAN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMEAN (verb)
Meaning:
Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
demean; degrade; disgrace; take down; put down
Context examples:
She tends to put down younger women colleagues / His critics took him down after the lecture
Hypernyms (to "demean" is one way to...):
abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demean"):
reduce (lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation)
dehumanise; dehumanize (deprive of human qualities)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
