Demean: alternatives and connections

To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.

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Vexation; mortification.

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Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

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To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.

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To destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to produce gangrene in.

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To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences.

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To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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A pit.

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A pit.

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To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman,…

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The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.

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