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Demeaning   /dɪmˈinɪŋ/   Listen
Demeaning

adjective
1.
Causing awareness of your shortcomings.  Synonyms: humbling, humiliating, mortifying.





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"Demeaning" Quotes from Famous Books



... so rude as to say I think you are. But, never talk that way to me again, if you want me to like you. I will not have you demeaning yourself, even in speech, before Cecile's friend. Now, ...
— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell
... cry'd most sadly. "What a foolish hussy you are!" said he. "Have I done you any harm?" "Yes, sir," said I, "the greatest harm in the world; you have taught me to forget myself, and have lessen'd the distance that fortune has made between us, by demeaning yourself to be so free to a poor servant. I am honest, though poor; and if you were a prince I would not be ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII • Various


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