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degrading

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d????e?d??(?)/
  • Rhymes: -e?d??

Verb

degrading

  1. present participle of degrade

Adjective

degrading (comparative more degrading, superlative most degrading)

  1. that degrades
    Retrieving my dropped possessions from the mud was a degrading experience.

Translations

Noun

degrading (plural degradings)

  1. An act or process of degradation.

Anagrams

  • niggarded

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detestable

English

Etymology

From Middle French détestable; surface analysis detest +? -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??t?st?bl?/
  • Hyphenation: de?test?able

Adjective

detestable (comparative more detestable, superlative most detestable)

  1. Stimulating disgust or detestation; offensive; shocking.

Usage notes

  • Nouns to which "detestable" is often applied: crime, thing, practices, act, character, nature, person, conduct, villain, behavior.

Derived terms

  • detestableness

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • hateful
  • abominable
  • loathsome
  • horrid

Anagrams

  • seatbelted

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin d?test?bilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /detes?table/, [d?e.t?es?t?a.??le]

Adjective

detestable (plural detestables)

  1. detestable

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