demeaning
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4.8
- adjective
- /dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/
:
humillante
- The manager's constant criticism of her team's ideas felt demeaning and discouraged creativity.
- demeaning language
- demeaning stereotypes
- demeaning to women
It was slightly demeaning to be seen typing right.
- It was slightly demeaning to be seen typing right.
- They're just as demanding and demeaning as the classic narcissist.
- I mean, that's so demeaning to all of his accomplishments.
- And I, and I'm think to myself, that sounds more, that sounds more demeaning.
- I find this insulting and demeaning.
- You may actually think that this narcissistic person is cold, invalidating, demeaning.
- And it was because he was demeaning like he would call, he would call Iraqis, which really bothered me.
- I think he's, I think he's condescending, demeaning, rude, arrogant at times, right.
- I actually think advertising can be demeaning and annoying and banal and ridiculous and take up a lot of our time with stupid stuff.
- You don't have to like what I do, but don't be so demeaning.
- And I think that people look at their position, they're, you know, wanting men to be men as being demeaning to women.
- Her rudeness and her demeaning behavior with others was
Examples
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Well, what you're saying is very demeaning.
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I mean, that's so demeaning to all of his accomplishments.
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And it's just, it's just so demeaning to her.
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Because these stories, they are very demeaning to me.
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It's demeaning, is what it is.
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Now, now, no need to be demeaning.
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It's very easy when somebody speaks to you in a demeaning way to call that out as disrespect.
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- Seriously... isn't this a little demeaning?
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This has become sleazy and demeaning.
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In fact, their attempts to explain the opposition are almost invariably demeaning to the American people.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
130
3.0
Being rude or saying things that hurt someone
121
3.0
Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
80
4.5
Making someone feel embarrassed or ashamed in front of other people
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6.9
Expressing an insulting, disrespectful view of someone or something
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5.5
Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected
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4.7
Appearing or behaving in a way that makes people lose respect
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7.0
Making someone feel very embarrassed or ashamed
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7.0
Showing a low opinion of someone or something
Making someone feel ashamed or less respected
To make a person feel ashamed and lose respect
Treated as if you have no feelings or worth
Harming someone's reputation by saying unfair or untrue things
Showing that someone or something has little value
Made to seem less important or less valued by other people
Showing a bad opinion of someone to make them seem less important
Showing that someone or something is not important and often insulting them
Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant
Causing someone to feel ashamed or embarrassed in front of other people
Antonyms
How Demeaning
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Demeaning breaks into de- meaning 'down' and mean meaning 'to conduct' or 'treat', the same root you see in demeanor. So something demeaning 'puts someone down' or lowers their value and makes them lose respect.