All 4 Uses of
degrade
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- I had now a new conception of my degraded condition.†
Chpt 8 *
- Mr. Freeland had many of the faults peculiar to slaveholders, such as being very passionate and fretful; but I must do him the justice to say, that he was exceedingly free from those degrading vices to which Mr. Covey was constantly addicted.†
Chpt 10
- It was necessary to keep our religious masters at St. Michael's unacquainted with the fact, that, instead of spending the Sabbath in wrestling, boxing, and drinking whisky, we were trying to learn how to read the will of God; for they had much rather see us engaged in those degrading sports, than to see us behaving like intellectual, moral, and accountable beings.†
Chpt 10
- My fellow-apprentices very soon began to feel it degrading to them to work with me.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(degrade as in: her comments were degrading) reducing human dignity