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degrading

/dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/

dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

dɪ - ˈɡreɪdɪŋ -> degrading

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အရှက်ရစေသော။ သိမ်ငယ်စေ သော။ နှိမ်သော။

Full entry

degrade /dÇ'greÇd/ v

၁။ (က) တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်ကို (သို့) မိမိကိုယ်ကို အဆင့်အတန်းကျစေသည်။ အရိုအသေတန်စေသည်။ သိက္ခာချသည်။
degrade oneself by cheating and telling lies ❍ Pornography degrades human dignity.
(ခ) အရည် အသွေး နိမ့်ကျစေသည်၊ ပျက်စီးစေသည်။
Pollution is degrading the environment.
၂။ (techn ) (ဓာတ်သဘာဝ စသည်) ဖွဲ့စည်းမှု ပြိုကွဲသည်၊ လျော့ပါးသွားသည်။
Many materials will degrade if buried, but this can take a long time. degradable adj (techn ): degradable plastics. See also BIODEGRADABLE
❏ degradation /degrǝ'deÇʃn/ n [U] အောက်တန်းကျခြင်း။ ဆင်းရဲမွဲတေခြင်း။
သိက္ခာကျခြင်း၊ ချခြင်း။
living in utter degradation (eg extreme poverty). ❍ Being sent to prison was the final degradation.
❏ degrading adj (derog ) အရှက်ရစေသော။ သိမ်ငယ်စေ သော။ နှိမ်သော။
their humiliating and degrading treatment of prisoners.

More examples

Under no circumstances can the quality of nursing be allowed to be degraded.

Synonyms

humiliate, shame, disgrace, mortify, demean, debase, corrupt, abase, belittle, bemean, bench, break, break down, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cheapen, cut down, cut down to size, damage, debauch, decay, declass, decompose, decry, degenerate, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, detract, diminish, disbar, discredit, dishonor, disintegrate, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, mudsling, pan, perish, pervert, put down, reduce, rot, rule out, run down, shoot down, sink, slam, take down, take down a peg, tear down, vitiate, weaken, worsen

Antonyms

admire, aid, approve, assist, build up, compliment, develop, elevate, enhance, enlarge, exalt, expand, extend, fix, flatter, grow, help, honor, improve, increase, laud, mend, praise, promote, purify, raise, rise, strengthen, upgrade

Cross references

humiliate shame disgrace mortify demean debase corrupt abase belittle bemean bench break break down bump bust canker cast down cheapen cut down cut down to size damage debauch decay declass decompose decry degenerate demote

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