demean
21demean yourself — phrase to do something that may make people respect you less You’re a liar, and I won’t demean myself by talking to you. Thesaurus: to harm your own reputationsynonym Main entry: demean …
22demean yourself — to do something that may make people respect you less You re a liar, and I won t demean myself by talking to you …
23demean — I. transitive verb (demeaned; demeaning) Etymology: Middle English demenen, from Anglo French demener to conduct, from de + mener to lead, from Latin minare to drive, from minari to threaten more at mount Date: 14th century to conduct or behave… …
24demean — demean1 /di meen /, v.t. to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase: He demeaned himself by accepting the bribe. [1595 1605; DE + MEAN2, modeled on debase] Syn. degrade, humble, humiliate, mortify. Ant. dignify, honor. demean2 /di meen /,… …
25demean — 1. verb /dɪˈmiːn/ a) To debase; to lower; to degrade. b) To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. Syn …
26demean — Synonyms and related words: abase, abash, acquit, act, bear, belittle, bring down, bring low, carry, cast down, comport, conduct, contemn, crush, debase, decry, degrade, deport, derogate, despise, detract, diminish, disparage, dump, dump on, go… …
27demean — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. debase, lower. See humility. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. lower, debase, humble, degrade, depreciate, *take down a peg, disgrace, humiliate, demote, shame. ANT.: elevate, *put on a pedestal,… …
28demean — Some authorities, among them Fowler (second edition), object to the word in the sense of to debase or degrade, pointing out that its original, more neutral meaning signified only conduct or behavior (a neutrality preserved in the cognate form… …
29demean — de·mean || dɪ miËn v. humiliate, degrade, debase; behave …
30demean — amende …
