degrading

Phonetic Respelling: [ dih-grey-ding ]

Definition:

v. to reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; adj. 1 used of conduct; characterized by dishonor; 2 harmful to the mind or morals

Sentence:

She found the work very degrading.

More example sentences:

She found the work very degrading.

Hear it

Saying that Mexican children are dirty is degrading. What does the word degrading mean?

Hear it

Synonyms:

demote; downgrade; reduce; lower

Antonyms:

advance; promote

How many syllables in degrading?

3 syllables Play Syllables Game

Divide degrading into syllables:

de-grad-ing

Degrading rhymes:

Two Syllable Rhymes
- aiding
- blading
- braiding
- fading
- grading
- kading
- lading
- nading
- raiding
- shading
- trading
- wading
Three Syllable Rhymes
- blockading
- cascading
- crusading
- evading
- invading
- parading
- persuading
- pervading
- upgrading
Four Syllable Rhymes
- masquerading
- serenading

Test drive some of our other games

Play now to sample our spelling, vocabulary and typing games.

Vocabulary Games (8 games)

Vocabulary Test

Sentence Battle

View all our games

Spelling Games (9 games)

View all our games

VocabClass lessons are designed to engage students, improve motivation in learning the subject matter, and generate better results. Long-term retention is our focus and by making the learning process fun, our gamified approach has a positive impact on this goal.

View all games!

YEAH. Try it FREE!

Gitf box

Try our 7-day Free Trial to test drive
the VocabClass program.

Sign up for a 7-Day Free Trial Not now, thank you