Degrading Meaning

/dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/
C1

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verbpresent participle and gerund of degrade

adjCausing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.

"Retrieving my dropped possessions from the mud was a degrading experience."

nounAn act or process of degradation.

Ecosystems are degrading rapidly all around the Earth.
This song contains degrading lyrics about women.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The prisoner faced ____ treatment from the cruel guards.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Ecosystems are ____ rapidly all around the Earth.

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The prisoner faced ____ treatment from the cruel guards.
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Ecosystems are ____ rapidly all around the Earth.

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