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degraded

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

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disgraceful

English

Alternative forms

  • disgracefull (archaic)

Etymology

disgrace +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [d?s???e?sf??], [d?z???e?sf??]

Adjective

disgraceful (comparative disgracefuller or more disgraceful, superlative disgracefullest or most disgraceful)

  1. Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
  2. Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:despicable

Translations

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