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61conduct — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. escort, guide; manage, carry on, transact; convey, transmit; lead. See direction, business, music. II Deportment Nouns 1. (act in business) conduct, dealing, transaction, action, business; tactics,… …
62degrade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. humiliate, shame, debase, demean; degenerate. See deterioration, disrepute. Ant., elevate, honor. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To humble] Syn. demote, discredit, diminish; see humble . 2. [To corrupt] Syn.… …
63humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …
64debase — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. corrupt, pervert, deprave, debauch, humble, degrade, cheapen, devalue, demean, lower, abase, vitiate; see also corrupt 1 . Syn. debase implies generally a lowering in quality, value, dignity, etc. [ greed had debased his… …
65demeaning — 1880, pp. adj. from DEMEAN (Cf. demean) …
66deport — 1 demean, comport, *behave, conduct, acquit, quit Analogous words: see those at DEMEAN 2 transport, *banish, exile, expatriate, ostracize, extradite …
67insult — in•sult v. [[t]ɪnˈsʌlt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈɪn sʌlt[/t]] v. t. 1) to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront 2) to affect as an affront; offend or demean 3) archaic to attack; assault 4) archaic to behave with insolent… …
68mien — n. literary a person s look or bearing, as showing character or mood. Etymology: prob. f. obs. demean f. DEMEAN(2), assim. to F mine expression …
69demeasnure — demeanour or (N American) demeanˈor /di mēnˈər/ (Spenser demeasnure) noun 1. Behaviour 2. Manner towards another • • • Main Entry: ↑demean …
70de|mean — de|mean1 «dih MEEN», transitive verb. to lower in dignity or standing; humble: »to demean oneself by insulting a friend. The duke s son would not demean himself by working. SYNONYM(S): debase, degrade. ╂[< de down + mean2; patterned on debase] …
