Definitions for demeaning

demeaning de·mean·ing

Spelling: [dih-mee-ning]
IPA: /dɪˈmi nɪŋ/

Demeaning is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 314 anagrams from letters in demeaning (adeegimnn).

Definitions for demeaning

noun

  1. Archaic. demeanor.

adjective

  1. that demeans; debasing; degrading:

verb (used with object)

  1. to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase:
  2. to conduct or behave (oneself) in a specified manner.

Origin of demeaning

First recorded in 1875-80; demean1 + -ing2

Examples for demeaning

I will not have you demeaning yourself, even in speech, before Cecile's friend.

Just who the hell do you think you are—demeaning the dignity of the United States Senate?

She revealed the demeaning discrimination that nearly crippled the souls of black folks in Mississippi.

Indeed, writers at prominent online media outlets chide us for “demeaning” vaccine-deniers, saying to do so “defies explanation.”

One has to wonder if those who do so grasp how insulting and demeaning it is to the president.

In this demeaning paradigm, "touch is a gift from one who is whole to one who is not" (p. 68).

Or that being financially provoked to accept a demeaning offer is some form of personal triumph.

I was under the impression that “girls” is a demeaning term for adult women.

But I get some fun trying to do things I never did before, while Mammy scolds me for demeaning myself.

But a Creole or Spaniard would think it demeaning to drive his own volante; the thing is never seen on the island.

Word Value for demeaning
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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