Definition of "degrades" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degrade. (verb)

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• "Mr Heffer's article quickly degrades from the subject of St George's Day to one that would have you believe that the English are somehow an oppressed nation sucked dry by the needs of fourth rate Celtic politicians."
• "They say the movie title "Slumdog" should be changed as the word degrades the already downtrodden."
• ""For that reason the name degrades him the more, and lowers him from an intellectual phenomenon to a physical attribute, which is vulgar."