adj.

Tending or intended to degrade: “There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood” (W. Somerset Maugham).

degradingly de·grad'ing·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: humiliating
Antonyms: ennobling

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IN BRIEF: Lowering grade, rank or status.

Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading. — D. V. Lindley.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: harmful to the mind or morals
  Synonym: corrupting

Meaning #2: used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
  Synonym: debasing

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