Synonyms for degraded
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Wretched
low, wretched, debauched, degenerate, abject, miserable, vile, dissolute, contemptible, dissipated, base, profligate, despicable, ignoble, sordid, mean, scummy, fast, libertine, scurvy, reptilian, riotous
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
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- Word family
- degd
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An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- degenerate Don't allow your muscles to degenerate.
- dissipated When I really got to know her, the magic dissipated.
- debauched We lived a debauched life, taken by the pleasures of life.
- humiliated I have never been so humiliated in my entire life.
- butchered When a cow was butchered, we had meat and beef fat.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| degraded | steady | |
| degenerate | steady | |
| dissipated | steady | |
| dissolute | steady | |
| debauched | rising | |
| humiliated | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- low1
- 4 letters
- mean1, fast1, base1, vile1, degd
- 6 letters
- abject2, sordid2, scurvy, scummy
- 7 letters
- riotous3, debased2, ignoble3
- 8 letters
- wretched2
- 9 letters
- miserable4, butchered2, reptilian3, libertine3, debauched, dissolute
- 10 letters
- despicable4, humiliated5, degenerate4, dissipated4, profligate3
- 12 letters
- contemptible4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abject2 = 2 syllables).