demeans in English

verb

1

cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

I had demeaned the profession

2

conduct oneself in a particular way.

no man demeaned himself so honorably

verb

• debase, lower, degrade, discredit, devalue, cheapen, abase, humble, humiliate, disgrace, dishonor
• take down, put down, degrade, disgrace

Use "demeans" in a sentence

1. 2 Some groups say that pornography demeans women.

2. Top synonyms for Belittles (other words for Belittles) are diminishes, demeans and demeaning.

3. It destroys relationships, they claim, demeans women, abuses children, and engenders a perverted and harmful view of sex.

4. Synonyms for Bastardizes include corrupts, degrades, debases, adulterates, defiles, perverts, vitiates, abases, cheapens and demeans.

5. Synonyms for Bastardizes include corrupts, degrades, debases, adulterates, defiles, perverts, vitiates, abases, cheapens and demeans

6. Antonyms for Aggrandizes include abases, degrades, demeans, humbles, humiliates, abridges, belittles, censures, condemns and condenses

7. Synonyms for Abases include degrades, demeans, debases, humbles, humiliates, lowers, disgraces, reduces, belittles and cheapens

8. Any man in this Church who abuses his wife, who demeans her, who insults her, who exercises unrighteous dominion over her is unworthy to hold the priesthood.