catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

Query string:
Search type:
Database:

Database copyright information
Server information

19 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Demean \De*mean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demeaned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Demeaning.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F.
     se d['e]mener to struggle; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + mener to
     lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive
     animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See
     Menace.]
     1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the
        reflexive pronoun.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They have demeaned themselves
              Like men born to renown by life or death. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They answered . . . that they should demean
              themselves according to their instructions.
                                                    --Clarendon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the
        reflexive pronoun.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an
              artist's daughter.                    --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This sense is probably due to a false etymology which
           regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Demean \De*mean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demeaned; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Demeaning.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F.
     se d['e]mener to struggle; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + mener to
     lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive
     animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See
     Menace.]
     1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  
              [Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the
        reflexive pronoun.
  
              They have demeaned themselves Like men born to
              renown by life or death.              --Shak.
  
              They answered . . . that they should demean
              themselves according to their instructions.
                                                    --Clarendon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  demeaning
       adj : causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling
             game" [syn: humbling, humiliating, mortifying]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  demeaning
     Αγγλικά a.
     απαξιωτικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  demeaning
     a.
     degrading; that degrades
     vb.
     (present participle of en demean nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  demeaning
     a.
     degrading; that degrades
     vb.
     (present participle of en demean nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  demeaning
     a.
     degrading; that degrades
     vb.
     (present participle of en demean nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  demeaning
     a.
     degrading; that degrades
     vb.
     (present participle of en demean nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  demeaning
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en demean)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/
  التصرّف

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/ 
  ponižující

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/ 
  nedůstojný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/
  herabwürdigend, herabsetzend, degradierend
     Synonym: degrading
  
   see: degrade, demean sb./sth., degraded, demeaned

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/
  herabwürdigend, herabsetzend 
     Synonym: degrading

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/ 
  alentava, halveksiva, halventava, nöyryyttävä
  that degrades

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/ 
  1. गौरव~कम~होना
        "She found it very demeaning to work under their contract."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  demeaning /dɪmˈiːnɪŋ/
  lealacsonyító

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/dɪˈminɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "demeaning":
     beneath one, cheap, common, debasing, degrading, deplorable,
     disadvantaged, disgraceful, gutter, humble, humiliating,
     humiliative, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, infra indignitatem,
     junior, less, lesser, low, lower, lowly, minor, modest,
     opprobrious, ordinary, outrageous, pitiful, sad, scandalous,
     second rank, second string, secondary, servile, shameful, shocking,
     sorry, sub, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient,
     third rank, third string, too bad, unbecoming, underprivileged,
     unworthy of one, vulgar

Questions or comments about this site? Contact dictionary@catflap.org Access Stats