All 4 Uses of
degrade
in
David Copperfield
- 'I meant, Mr. Creakle,' he returned in a low voice, 'as I said; that no pupil had a right to avail himself of his position of favouritism to degrade me.'†
Chpt 7-9
- 'To degrade YOU?' said Mr. Creakle.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- All this time I was working at Murdstone and Grinby's in the same common way, and with the same common companions, and with the same sense of unmerited degradation as at first.†
Chpt 10-12
- If I had seen an Ape taking command of a Man, I should hardly have thought it a more degrading spectacle.†
Chpt 34-36
Definition:
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(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) reducing human dignity