Synonyms for demeaning
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Degrading; that degrades.
demeaning way to make money
Example sentences
- humiliating He takes a certain pleasure in humiliating others.
- humbling Listening to the Quran is humbling.
- mortifying It was mortifying. They laughed at me.
- degrading There are songs that I find degrading as a woman.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| demeaning | rising | |
| humiliating | rising | |
| humbling | rising | |
| mortifying | rising | |
| degrading | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- humbling3
- 9 letters
- degrading3
- 10 letters
- mortifying
- 11 letters
- humiliating5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humbling3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dégradant
- Italiano
- degradante