"degraded" in the verb sense

1. degrade

reduce the level of land, as by erosion

2. take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down

reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"

"His critics took him down after the lecture"

3. degrade, cheapen

lower the grade of something reduce its worth

"degraded" in the adjective sense

1. debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast

unrestrained by convention or morality

"Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"

"deplorably dissipated and degraded"

"riotous living"

"fast women"

2. debased, devalued, degraded

lowered in value

"the dollar is low"

"a debased currency"

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