DEGRADER Synonyms

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• express a negative opinion of

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

• reduce the level of land, as by erosion

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

• reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

• remove the value from; deprive of its value

• lower the value or quality of

• lose in value

• express a negative opinion of

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

• treat, mention, or speak to rudely

• the bottom one of two

• the lower of two berths

• look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

• move something or somebody to a lower position

• set lower

• make lower or quieter

• cause to drop or sink

• a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)