degrade

degradar, deteriorarse

Perder calidad o hacer que algo pierda calidad.

En inglés sencillo: To become worse in quality, or make something worse in quality.

• Sunlight degrades this material.
• The sample degraded during storage.
• Pollution can degrade the quality of drinking water.

Sinónimos: deteriorate, damage

Antónimos: improve

Expresiones frecuentes: degrade over time, degrade the soil

degradar, humillar

Tratar a alguien como si no valiera nada o hacer que pierda el respeto de los demás.

En inglés sencillo: To treat someone as worthless or make them lose respect.

• Such insults degrade people.
• The prisoners were degraded by cruel treatment.
• She refused to degrade herself to please him.

Sinónimos: humiliate, demean, debase

Antónimos: dignify

Expresiones frecuentes: degrade someone, degrade yourself

degradar, rebajar

Reducir la posición social de alguien o el valor que le dan los demás.

En inglés sencillo: To reduce someone’s social position or the value others give them.

• His behavior degraded his social standing.
• The ruling degraded them to a lower class.
• She felt degraded by her loss of status.

Sinónimos: demote, lower, debase

Antónimos: elevate

Expresiones frecuentes: degrade someone, degrade yourself