demean

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

reduce in worth or character, usually verbally (Freq. 1)
- She tends to put down younger women colleagues
- His critics took him down after the lecture
• Syn:
take down, degrade, disgrace, put down
• Derivationally related forms:
put-down (for: put down), degradation (for: degrade), takedown (for: take down)
• Hypernyms:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
• Hyponyms:
reduce, dehumanize, dehumanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  take down, degrade, disgrace, put down