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bemean

[bih-meen] / bɪˈmin /
VERB
debase
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cheapen demean demoralize disgrace dishonor humiliate
STRONG
abase corrupt debauch debilitate deprave devaluate devalue disable enfeeble humble lower reduce sap sink undermine weaken
WEAK
cast down drag down dump on fluff off put away put down shoot down take down take down a peg
Antonyms
STRONGEST
boost enhance esteem honor upgrade
STRONG
aid assist build up cleanse dignify enable grow help improve increase invigorate praise purify raise rise strengthen
WEAK
clean clear elevate laud value
VERB
degrade
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cheapen corrupt debase degenerate demean deteriorate diminish discredit disgrace downgrade impair lessen reduce vitiate weaken
STRONG
abase belittle bench break bump bust canker debauch decry demote depose deprave derogate detract disbar dishonor disparage humble injure lower pan pervert sink slam
WEAK
cast down cut down to size declass mudsling put down rule out run down shoot down take down take down a peg tear down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist develop enhance enlarge expand extend grow help honor improve increase praise purify raise strengthen upgrade
STRONG
build up compliment exalt fix flatter laud mend promote rise
WEAK
admire approve elevate
VERB
demean
Synonyms
STRONGEST
belittle debase degrade despise disparage
STRONG
abase contemn decry derogate descend detract lower pan scorn sink stoop
WEAK
bad-mouth cast down cut down to size dis dump on knock down poor-mouth
Antonyms
STRONGEST
admire approve elevate honor laud praise upgrade value
STRONG
compliment exalt increase rise
WEAK
boost enhance improve
VERB
humble
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chagrin chasten confound confuse crush deflate disgrace embarrass humiliate mortify overcome subdue upset
STRONG
abase abash break debase degrade demean demote deny discomfit discredit hide lower reduce silence sink snub squash squelch
WEAK
bring down cast down cut to the quick make eat dirt make one feel small pop one's balloon pull down put away put one away put to shame strike dumb take down take down a peg
Antonyms
STRONGEST
boost build up clarify clear up comfort compliment delight encourage enlighten explain help honor lose make happy order please praise release surrender yield
STRONG
agree allow elevate enhance grow improve increase laud open promote raise rise strengthen upgrade
VERB
humiliate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
confuse crush degrade demean depress disgrace humble shame snub subdue
STRONG
abase abash base blister break chagrin chasten confound conquer debase denigrate deny discomfit discountenance dishonor downplay lower mortify pan rip slam smear squash vanquish wither
WEAK
bring down bring low cast down cut down to size make a fool of make ashamed play down put out of countenance put to shame run down shoot down take down take down a peg tear down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
build up encourage honor praise promote release respect upgrade
STRONG
agree allow boost cherish compliment elevate fail flatter laud lose surrender yield
VERB
lower
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depress devalue downgrade
STRONG
abase condescend debase degrade deign demean humble humiliate stoop
WEAK
cast down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
raise
STRONG
build up elevate enhance honor laud praise promote
WEAK
compliment
VERB
sink
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lower
STRONG
abase debase degrade demean humiliate stoop succumb
WEAK
be reduced to cast down
Antonyms
STRONG
elevate enhance honor improve laud praise upgrade

Example Sentences

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We belittle ourselves in the sight of God and men, bemean ourselves in the presence of the moral law, and stay more or less our progress in the great educational work of life.

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by Weaver, George Sumner

They could scarcely believe that anyone so beautiful and dainty as Betsy Butterfly would bemean herself by robbing Farmer Green—or anybody else.

From The Tale of Betsy Butterfly Tuck-Me-In Tales by Bailey, Arthur Scott

I hain't blind and I hain't deef, and I can't holp seein' the way she does, and a hearin' her bemean you about me all the time nearly.

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell

She'll hab to walk and talk, and bofe bemean and brag!

From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell

He would bemean himself sufficiently to overlook Frau's caddishness.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver