demean

verb

/dɪˈmiːn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they demean	/dɪˈmiːn/ /dɪˈmiːn/
he / she / it demeans	/dɪˈmiːnz/ /dɪˈmiːnz/
past simple demeaned	/dɪˈmiːnd/ /dɪˈmiːnd/
past participle demeaned	/dɪˈmiːnd/ /dɪˈmiːnd/
-ing form demeaning	/dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/ /dɪˈmiːnɪŋ/

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demean yourself to do something that makes people have less respect for you降低身份；失去尊重
- I wouldn't demean myself by asking for charity.我决不低三下四地乞求施舍。
demean somebody/something to make people have less respect for somebody/something贬低；贬损；使失尊严 synonym degrade
- Such images demean women.这些形象有损妇女尊严。
- Behaviour like this demeans politics.像这样的行为贬低了政治。

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from de- ‘away, down’ + the adjective mean, on the pattern of debase.

BNC: 22692 COCA: 17616

demean

To harm someone's reputation: discredit, slander, taint...