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1. Reduce the level of land, as by erosion
    
2. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
   "She tends to degrade younger women colleagues"
   - take down, disgrace, demean, put down
    
3. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
   - cheapen

Derived forms: degraded, degrades, degrading

See also: degradation

Type of: abase, aggravate, chagrin, exacerbate, exasperate, humble, humiliate, mortify, worsen

Antonym: aggrade

Encyclopedia: Degrade