Demean Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-mēn
To conduct oneself in a specified way
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. acquit
  2. act
  3. bear
  4. behave
  5. carry
  6. comport
  7. deport
  8. do
  9. quit
To deprive of esteem, self-worth, or effectiveness
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. degrade
  2. abase
  3. humble
  4. humiliate
  5. appearance
  6. attitude
  7. bearing
  8. behavior
  9. take-down
  10. belittle
  11. carriage
  12. comportment
  13. conduct
  14. countenance
  15. debase
  16. deportment
  17. mortify
  18. disparage
  19. disposition
  20. disgrace
  21. lower
  22. put down
Antonyms:
  1. upgrade
  2. enhance
  3. improve
  4. boost
To lower in character or quality
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cheapen
  2. debase
  3. degrade
  4. downgrade
To lower in status or character; degrade or humble:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. debase

Words Related to Demean

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Demean Sentence Examples

  • And she'd never demean herself to that man.

  • The mother-in-law would demean her, as a way to abase the young wife in the son's eyes.

  • Bob Geldof himself has so clearly persisted that any temporary entanglement with the Living Dead can ultimately only demean him.

  • Pfuel only snorted contemptuously and turned away, to show that he would never demean himself by replying to such nonsense as he was now hearing.

  • How are we to generate work that does not demean the laborer?

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