degrading

[ dih-grey-ding ]
/ dɪˈgreɪ dɪŋ /

adjective

that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.

Origin of degrading

First recorded in 1675–85; degrade + -ing2

OTHER WORDS FROM degrading

de·grad·ing·ly, adverb de·grad·ing·ness, noun non·de·grad·ing, adjective un·de·grad·ing, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for degradingly

  • How worse than empty are all our pratings about divine fatherhood if we illustrate its meaning only degradingly or misleadingly!

  • It was so easy, so degradingly easy, to pull the strings of the poor old puppet in any way I pleased!

    Armadale |Wilkie Collins
  • Yet why should any one think that he is unworthily or degradingly employed.

  • The tar-house is clearly known from a use to which it was degradingly put in latter days.

British Dictionary definitions for degradingly

degrading
/ (dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ) /

adjective

causing humiliation; debasing

Derived forms of degrading

degradingly, adverb degradingness, noun