Definition of demean Demean
/dɪmiˈn/ - [dimeen] - de•mean
We found 21 definitions of demean from 6 different sources.
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What does demean mean?
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| demean - reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" | ||
| take down, degrade, disgrace, put down | ||
| abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" | ||
| reduce take off weight | ||
| dehumanise, dehumanize make mechanical or routine | ||
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Wiktionary 
- demean (Noun)
Management; treatment. - demean (Noun)
Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. - demean (Noun)
demesne. - demean (Noun)
resources; means. - demean (Verb)
To debase; to lower; to degrade. - demean (Verb)
To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate. - demean (Verb)
To mortify. - demean (Verb)
To manage; to conduct; to treat. - demean (Verb)
To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- demean (v. t.)
To manage; to conduct; to treat. - demean (v. t.)
To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. - demean (v. t.)
To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. - demean (v. t.)
Management; treatment. - demean (v. t.)
Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. - demean (n.)
Demesne. - demean (n.)
Resources; means.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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demean
To make a person morally inferior.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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demean
de-mēn′, v.t. to conduct (with self): to behave.—n. Demeanour, conduct—(Spens.) Demayne, Demeasnure. [O. Fr. demener—de, inten., and mener, to lead—Low L. mināre, to drive cattle, L. mināri, to threaten.] -
demean
de-mēn′, v.t. to make mean: to lower. [More prob. on the analogy of debase, from de, and mean, low, than the same word as the preceding with specialised sense.]
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🔤- demean, verb, present, 1st person singular of demean (infinitive).
- demean, verb (infinitive).
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