Both Uses of
degrade
in
The House of Mirth
- She had no idea of reading the letters; even to unfold Mrs. Haffen's dirty newspaper would have seemed degrading.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- The day's task done, she dreaded to return to her narrow room, with its blotched wallpaper and shabby paint; and she hated every step of the walk thither, through the degradation of a New York street in the last stages of decline from fashion to commerce.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) reducing human dignity