All 4 Uses of
degrade
in
Hard Times
- 'In this degraded position!†
Chpt 1.3 *
- I do not know that I am sorry, I do not know that I am ashamed, I do not know that I am degraded in my own esteem.†
Chpt 2.12
- …lives, like the serpent in the garden — oh, my brothers, and shall I as a man not add, my sisters too, what do you say, now, of Stephen Blackpool, with a slight stoop in his shoulders and about five foot seven in height, as set forth in this degrading and disgusting document, this blighting bill, this pernicious placard, this abominable advertisement; and with what majesty of denouncement will you crush the viper, who would bring this stain and shame upon the God-like race that happily…†
Chpt 3.4
- …passing to and fro at the set hours, among the Coketown Hands; a woman of pensive beauty, always dressed in black, but sweet-tempered and serene, and even cheerful; who, of all the people in the place, alone appeared to have compassion on a degraded, drunken wretch of her own sex, who was sometimes seen in the town secretly begging of her, and crying to her; a woman working, ever working, but content to do it, and preferring to do it as her natural lot, until she should be too old to…†
Chpt 3.9
Definition:
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(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) reducing human dignity