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demeanverb1 to lower in character, dignity, or qualityit demeans the political process to demand that candidates make promises that everyone knows are unrealistic abase, bastardize, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, degrade, demoralize, deprave, deteriorate, lessen, pervert, poison, profane, prostitute, subvert, vitiate, warp befoul, begrime, contaminate, defile, dilute, dirty, pollute, taint, thin, water down, weakendescenddisgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame, take downblemish, damage, deface, destroy, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, ruin, spoil, stain, tarnish, wreckdepreciate, downgrade elevate, ennoble, uplift dignify, exalt, honorameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfectclarify, clean, cleanse, purify, refine, restorerespect to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyeshis statement was not meant to demean the group's hard work abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humble, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, smirch, take down abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattlebelittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write offbad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slanderaffront, insultcensure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate aggrandize, canonize, deify, elevate, exalt acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol(also extoll), fete(or fête), hail, honor, laud, praise, salute, toutacknowledge, recognizehighlight, play up, spotlightdignify, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnifyadvance, boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, upliftidealize, romanticize to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular wayI shall endeavor to demean myself with utmost respect when our pastor comes to visit acquit, bear, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, quit check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, curb, handle, inhibit, quiet, repress, restrainmoderate, modulate, temperact, impersonate, play act up, carry on, cut up, misbehave, misconduct in the 14th century |