Verb

• S: (v) degrade (reduce the level of land, as by erosion)
• antonym
• sentence frame
• Something ----s
• Somebody ----s something
• S: (v) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally) "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of) "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
• S: (v) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite (hurt the feelings of) "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
• S: (v) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)) "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
• S: (v) make, create (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) degrade, cheapen (lower the grade of something; reduce its worth)