Associations to the word «Demean»

Wiktionary

DEMEAN, verb. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
DEMEAN, verb. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
DEMEAN, verb. To mortify.
DEMEAN, verb. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
DEMEAN, verb. To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
DEMEAN, noun. (archaic) Management; treatment.
DEMEAN, noun. (archaic) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
DEMEAN, noun. Demesne.
DEMEAN, noun. Resources; means.

Dictionary definition

DEMEAN, verb. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy