Definitions for degrades

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degrades de·grade

Spelling: [dih-greyd or for 3, dee-greyd]

IPA: /dɪˈgreɪd or for 3, diˈgreɪd/

Degrades is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 246 anagrams from letters in degrades (addeegrs).

Definitions for degrades

verb (used with object)

1. to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt:
2. to lower in character or quality; debase.
3. to reduce (someone) to a lower rank, degree, etc.; deprive of office, rank, status, or title, especially as a punishment:
4. to reduce in amount, strength, intensity, etc.
5. Physical Geography. to wear down by erosion, as hills. Compare aggrade.
6. Chemistry. to break down (a compound, especially an organic hydrocarbon).

verb (used without object)

1. to become degraded; weaken or worsen; deteriorate.
2. Chemistry. (especially of an organic hydrocarbon compound) to break down or decompose.

Origin of degrades

1275-1325; Middle English degraden Late Latin dēgradāre, equivalent to Latin dē- de- + grad(us) grade + -āre infinitive suffix

Examples for degrades

“Dioxin” is the dirtiest of dirty words and this designation, like the chemical itself, does not degrade.

Oh, how strange that you of the North see not how you degrade him when you keep him here!

U.S. warplanes have already flown more than 100 sorties to degrade ISIS ground forces, and many more bombs are on the way.

Kenneth recognizes the terrible truths of our existence: that gun violence will continue to devastate and degrade everyone.

Nothing could degrade them beyond the reach of their sympathies!

The plan to degrade al Qaeda enough so that U.S. forces can leave is already lagging behind schedule.

Nor did he degrade his art by caricatures drawn in hotel bars.

Now Obama promises to “degrade and destroy” the self-declared Islamic State (or ISIL, or ISIS).

He might degrade Marcolina by mockery and lascivious phrases, full of innuendo.

Do you think that if I spat upon him, I could degrade him to a lower level than his own?