What is another word for degraded ?

Treated or regarded with contempt or disrespect

with one's tail between one's legs

made to eat humble pie

brought into disrepute

in sackcloth and ashes

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“Us librarians must rise together to prevent our place in society from being demeaned, diminished and degraded!”

Adjective

Inferior or base in nature or quality

vulgarised^UK

vulgarized^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

no better than one should be

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

ill-humored^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

with a heart of stone

red in tooth and claw

grueling^US

knock-down-and-drag-out

gruelling^UK

every person for themselves

intensely competitive

smouldering^UK

terrorizing^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

smoldering^US

terrorising^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

easier said than done

labored^US

laboured^UK

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“There is no discount they can give us to compensate for the degraded shopping experience.”

Adjective

Not honourable in character or purpose

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

groveling^US

grovelling^UK

self-seeking

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Adjective

Sullied or tainted in some manner

spoilt^UK

fetid^US

foetid^UK

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Adjective

Made lower

levelled^UK

leveled^US

sunk

marked down

Adjective

economical with the truth

Having or showing no moral principles

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

not to be depended on

phoney^UK

phony^US

skillful^US

skilful^UK

not to be relied upon

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

dexterous^US

dextrous^UK

grey^UK

gray^US

contrary to the rules

unfit for human consumption

fetid^US

foetid^UK

unfavorable^US

spoilt^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

without law and order

sceptical^UK

agonizing^US

ill-humored^US

agonising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

accidentally on purpose

coloured^UK

skeptical^US

colored^US

off straight and narrow

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Verb

Past tense for to reduce to dishonour or disgrace

brutalised^UK

brutalized^US

dehumanised^UK

dehumanized^US

desensitised^UK

desensitized^US

put someone in their place

spoilt^UK

lowered the status of

made someone eat humble pie

made someone eat crow

discolored^US

discoloured^UK

treated with disrespect

made ashamed

settled someone's hash

vandalized^US

dragged through the mud

reduced the status of

treated sacrilegiously

vandalised^UK

reduced in importance

took down a peg or two

taken down a peg or two

appalled

put someone to shame

put in your place

put out of countenance

put double whammy on

had the last laugh on

own

unsettled

seduced

coloured^UK

biased^US

biassed^UK

colored^US

mechanised^UK

mechanized^US

brought someone to their knees

forced to eat humble pie

mussed

bedraggled

ridiculed

stripped someone of their rank

mussed up

took the wind out of someone's sails

harassed

taken the wind out of someone's sails

committed sacrilege against

showed in a bad light

took the wind out

got one's comeuppance

gotten one's comeuppance

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“No-one should feel degraded at their place of work.”

Verb

gave someone their marching orders

Past tense for to lower the rank or status of something or someone

given someone the boot

gave someone the boot

froze out

ridden out on rail

gave someone the push

given someone their marching orders

rode out on rail

given someone the push

stepped into the shoes of

stepped into shoes of

knocked out of place

knocked out of position

given someone their notice

gave someone their notice

dug out

gave someone the bullet

given someone the bullet

gave the elbow

given the gate

gave the old heave-ho

gave someone their cards

paid off

given the old heave-ho

handed walking papers

given someone their cards

gave walking papers

deprived of office

brought about the downfall of

thrown out on your ear

threw out on your ear

given the bum's rush

gave the bum's rush

gave someone the ax

given someone the gate

gave someone the gate

gave someone the pink slip

gave someone his or her walking papers

given someone his or her walking papers

given someone the ax

given someone the pink slip

given somebody the push

gave marching orders

given somebody the sack

given pink slip

given one's cards

gave somebody their cards

given the boot

gave somebody the sack

gave somebody the pink slip

gave pink slip

gave somebody the push

given marching orders

given the sack

gave one notice

given somebody the pink slip

given one notice

gave the sack

given somebody their cards

gave one's cards

gave the boot

gave bum's rush

given someone the big E

given someone the air

gave someone the sack

gave notice

gave someone the air

gave someone the big E

given someone the sack

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“He was degraded to a lower rank.”

Verb

Past tense for break down or deteriorate chemically

spoilt^UK

taken a turn for the worse

mouldered^UK

moldered^US

molded^US

moulded^UK

shrivelled^UK

shriveled^US

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

gone to rack and ruin

depressed

appeared in a poor light

damaged

went to rack and ruin

took a turn for the worse

took a nosedive

taken a nosedive

gone from bad to worse

went from bad to worse

became debilitated

went into decline

fallen apart at the seams

fell apart at the seams

had one foot in the grave

come apart at the seams

fallen into disrepair

gave up

given up

came apart at the seams

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“This substance degrades rapidly in the soil.”

Verb

Past tense for alter or debase, often for profit

spoilt^UK

mixed something with something

took the edge off

taken the edge off

slipped a Mickey Finn into

thinned down

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Verb

Past tense for to harm the good reputation of a person or thing

brought into disrepute

dragged through the mud

dragged through the mire

done a hatchet job on

detracted from

showed in a bad light

shown in a bad light

brought into disfavour

pooh-poohed

blackened someone's name

libeled^US

libelled^UK

spoilt^UK

put someone in their place

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

blackened the name of

muddied the reputation of

made someone eat crow

blackened the reputation of

harmed the reputation of

damaged the reputation of

took down a peg or two

made uncomfortable

made lose face

dragged through mud

dragged someone's name through the mud

made someone feel ashamed

taken down a peg or two

run a smear campaign against

dragged name through mud

criticised^UK

criticized^US

ran a smear campaign against

written false reports about

accused falsely

wrote false reports about

hitten

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Verb

Past tense for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

trivialised^UK

trivialized^US

criticised^UK

criticized^US

dragged through the mud

done a hatchet job on

libeled^US

libelled^UK

hurt someone's feelings

blackened the name of

sullied the reputation of

blackened the character of

scandalised^UK

scandalized^US

treated disrespectfully

looked down one's nose at

called names

caused offence to

stepped on one's toes

setted little store by

treated with contempt

turned up your nose at

knocked off high horse

held up to scorn

brought down

knocked off

turned your nose up at

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Verb

Past tense for to decrease in intensity

amortised^UK

amortized^US

shrivelled^UK

shriveled^US

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

stabilized^US

neutralized^US

stabilised^UK

neutralised^UK

succored^US

succoured^UK

softened the impact of

took the sting out of

facilitated

chilled out

lessened the impact of

made something bearable

closed

reduced the impact of

taken the sting out of

taken the bite out of

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