Degrade Worth Make Quality Change Degrading Show Treat

Degrade somebody to show or treat somebody in a way that makes them seem not worth any respect or not worth taking seriously. to make something worse, especially in quality. To change or make something change to a simpler chemical form.

The group accuses the company of degrading women in its ads.

Pollution has degraded air quality.

The job was degrading because he had an impressive boss.

‘If the temperature is too high, the polymer can be degraded.’