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demeanedverb1past tense of demean to lower in character, dignity, or qualityit demeans the political process to demand that candidates make promises that everyone knows are unrealistic abased, bastardized, cankered, cheapened, corrupted, debased, debauched, degraded, demoralized, depraved, deteriorated, lessened, perverted, poisoned, profaned, prostituted, subverted, vitiated, warped befouled, begrimed, contaminated, defiled, diluted, dirtied, polluted, tainted, thinned, watered down, weakeneddescendeddisgraced, dishonored, humbled, humiliated, shamed, took downblemished, damaged, defaced, destroyed, flawed, harmed, hurt, impaired, marred, ruined, spoiled(or chiefly British spoilt), stained, tarnished, wreckeddepreciated, downgraded elevated, ennobled, uplifted dignified, exalted, honoredameliorated, amended, bettered, enhanced, enriched, improved, meliorated, perfectedclarified, cleaned, cleansed, purified, refined, restoredrespected 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 abased, chastened, cheapened, debased, degraded, discredited, disgraced, dishonored, fouled, humbled, humiliated, lowered, sank(or sunk), shamed, smirched, took down abashed, confounded, confused, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed(also nonplused), rattledbelittled, castigated, cried down, criticized, decried, depreciated, detracted, diminished, discounted, disparaged, minimized, put down, ridiculed, wrote offbad-mouthed, defamed, defiled, libeled(or libelled), maligned, slanderedaffronted, insultedcensured, condemned, damned, denounced, execrated, reprehended, reprobated aggrandized, canonized, deified, elevated, exalted acclaimed, applauded, boasted, celebrated, cheered, cited, commended, complimented, congratulated, decorated, eulogized, extolled, feted(or fêted), hailed, honored, lauded, praised, saluted, toutedacknowledged, recognizedhighlighted, played up, spotlighted(or spotlit)dignified, ennobled, enshrined, enskied, enthroned, glorified, magnifiedadvanced, boosted, lifted, promoted, raised, upgraded, upliftedidealized, romanticized demeanedverb2past tense of demeanto manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular wayI shall endeavor to demean myself with utmost respect when our pastor comes to visit acquitted, behaved, bore, carried, comported, conducted, deported, quit(also quitted) checked, collected, composed, constrained, contained, controlled, curbed, handled, inhibited, quieted, repressed, restrainedmoderated, modulated, temperedacted, impersonated, played acted up, carried on, cut up, misbehaved, misconducted |