Degrade | Mean of degrade in English Dictionary
/dɪˈgreɪd/
- Verb
- to treat (someone or something) poorly and without respect
- The group accuses the company of degrading women in its ads.
- I am not going to degrade [=lower] myself by responding to these baseless accusations.
- He felt degraded by their remarks.
- to make the quality of (something) worse
- Scratches on a camera lens will degrade the image.
- Pollution has degraded air quality.
- to cause (something complex) to break down into simple substances or parts
- enzymes that degrade proteins
- plastics that don't degrade [=decompose] easily
