1. (

• degrade

) reduce the level of land, as by erosion ;

2. (

• take_down ,
• degrade ,
• disgrace ,
• demean ,
• put_down

) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" ;

3. (

• degrade ,
• cheapen

) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth ;

1. (

• debauched ,
• degenerate ,
• degraded ,
• dissipated ,
• dissolute ,
• libertine ,
• profligate ,
• riotous ,
• fast

) unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" ;

2. (

• debased ,
• devalued ,
• degraded

) lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency" ;