Degrade

Russian Meaning

деградировать

разрушать

приходить в упадок

вырождаться

понижать

снижать

уменьшать

разжаловать

унижать

низводить на низшую ступень

унижаться

ослаблять интенсивность тона

размывать

English Meaning

  1. To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.
  2. To lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace: a scandal that degraded the participants.
  3. To lower in moral or intellectual character; debase.
  4. To reduce in worth or value: degrade a currency.
  5. To impair in physical structure or function.
  6. Geology To lower or wear by erosion or weathering.
  7. To cause (an organic compound) to undergo degradation.
  8. To fall below a normal state; deteriorate.
  9. To undergo degradation; decompose: a chemical that degrades rapidly.