Associations to the word «Degrade»

Wiktionary

DEGRADE, verb. (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
DEGRADE, verb. (intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity.
DEGRADE, verb. (transitive) (geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

Dictionary definition

DEGRADE, verb. Reduce the level of land, as by erosion.
DEGRADE, verb. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture".
DEGRADE, verb. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King