degrade
verb (used with object)
to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt.
have been degrading
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present perfect progressiveof degrade.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The effect upon your nature would have been degrading.
From New Grub Street by George Gissing
As she had once said, no menial office performed by her on behalf of the old tailor would have been degrading to her.
From Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
As a fruitless scuffle would have been degrading, as well as useless, I at once determined to submit, temporarily at least, or so long as submission did not infer disgrace, and was better than resistance.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
