be degrading

Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words

Used to state that something causes a loss of self-respect.

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Examples (10)

  • It is degrading to be treated like a child.
  • The working conditions were degrading and unsafe.
  • Such public criticism has always been degrading to the employees.
  • Forcing them to wear those uniforms will be degrading.
  • Is it degrading to ask for help?
  • What they were forced to do was deeply degrading.
  • Many people feel that such advertisements are degrading to women.
  • If the process is degrading, people will not participate.
  • The intention was not to be degrading, but it was perceived that way.
  • No part of the initiation process should be degrading.