All 6 Uses of
degrade
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I saw how the fine form of man was degraded and wasted; I beheld the corruption of death succeed to the blooming cheek of life; I saw how the worm inherited the wonders of the eye and brain.
p. 53.1 *degraded = reduced in dignity (made less worthy of admiration)
- To be a great and virtuous man appeared the highest honour that can befall a sensitive being; to be base and vicious, as many on record have been, appeared the lowest degradation, a condition more abject than that of the blind mole or harmless worm.
p. 122.7degradation = reduction of human dignity
- Sometimes he thought that I felt deeply the degradation of being obliged to answer a charge of murder, and he endeavoured to prove to me the futility of pride.
p. 189.6degradation = reduction in dignity
- Human beings, their feelings and passions, would indeed be degraded if such a wretch as I felt pride.
p. 189.8degraded = reduced in dignity (made less worthy of admiration)
- My friend, if you had known me as I once was, you would not recognize me in this state of degradation.
p. 214.7degradation = reduced dignity
- But now crime has degraded me beneath the meanest animal.
p. 223.7degraded = reduced in dignity (made less worthy of admiration)
Definitions:
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(1)
(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) to humiliate or treat with disrespect
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(2)
(degrade as in: degraded the quality) to decrease the quality or value of something