different between misunderstood vs degraded

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s.?n.d??st?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s.?n.d??st?d/
• Hyphenation: mis?un?der?stood
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

misunderstood

1. simple past tense and past participle of misunderstand

Adjective

misunderstood (comparative more misunderstood, superlative most misunderstood)

1. Not comprehended correctly.

   a misunderstood message

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   a misunderstood loner who turned to a life of crime

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