different between beggarly vs degraded

English

Etymology

beggar +? -ly

Adjective

beggarly (comparative beggarlier, superlative beggarliest)

1. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

   beggarly fellow

2. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.

   beggarly rags

   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

     Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation.

3. (by extension) inadequate or meagre.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

• beggarliness

Adverb

beggarly (comparative more beggarly, superlative most beggarly)

1. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

English

Etymology

See degrade and compare French degré (“step”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d????e?d?d/

Adjective

degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)

1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.

   • The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.

2. (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
   • 1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea

     The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana

3. (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.

Synonyms

• (deprived of dignity): humiliated

Translations

Verb

degraded

1. simple past tense and past participle of degrade