Associations to the word «Demean»
Noun
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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".
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