(de-grade) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to lower in quality or value.

Example Sentence

The company plans to degrade him from director to assistant director.

More Example Sentences

It is wrong to degrade someone’s reputation.

Synonyms

diminish; reduce; lower

Antonyms

improve; enhance; elevate

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Rhymes

  • ade
  • aid
  • aide
  • bade
  • bayed
  • blade
  • braid
  • brayed
  • cade
  • dade
  • eyde
  • fade
  • fayed
  • flayed
  • frayed
  • gade
  • glade
  • grade
  • grayed
  • hade
  • haid
  • heyd
  • heyde
  • jade
  • kade
  • lade
  • laid
  • made
  • maid
  • mayde
  • paid
  • payed
  • played
  • prayed
  • preyed
  • quade
  • quaid
  • raid
  • rayed
  • sayed
  • schade
  • schrade
  • shade
  • slade
  • spade
  • spaid
  • spayd
  • spayde
  • spayed
  • sprayed
  • stade
  • staid
  • stayed
  • strayed
  • suede
  • swayed
  • they'd
  • trade
  • wade
  • waid
  • waide
  • weighed
  • zaid

  • abrade
  • afraid
  • allayed
  • arcade
  • arrayed
  • betrayed
  • blockade
  • brascade
  • brigade
  • brocade
  • buffeted
  • cascade
  • charade
  • cliched
  • conveyed
  • crocheted
  • crusade
  • decade
  • decayed
  • degrade
  • delayed
  • dismayed
  • displayed
  • dissuade
  • evade
  • filleted
  • forbade
  • granade
  • grenade
  • handmade
  • home-made
  • homemade
  • invade
  • kincade
  • kincaid
  • manmade
  • marcade
  • mccade
  • mcdade
  • mcdaid
  • mcglade
  • mcquade
  • mcquaid
  • mcquaide
  • mislaid
  • obeyed
  • okayed
  • outweighed
  • parade
  • persuade
  • pervade
  • portrayed
  • prepaid
  • remade
  • repaid
  • replayed
  • sauteed
  • surveyed
  • tirade
  • unmade
  • unpaid
  • unswayed
  • upbraid
  • upgrade

  • colonnade
  • disobeyed
  • lemonade
  • masquerade
  • metrodade
  • overpaid
  • overplayed
  • overstayed
  • palisade
  • promenade
  • serenade
  • unafraid
  • underpaid
  • underplayed
  • usaid