Speakur

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degrading

/dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
de-grad-ing
IPA
/dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of degrade

adj

Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.

noun

An act or process of degradation.

Example Sentences

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/

Inflected Forms

more degrading (comparative) most degrading (superlative) degradings (plural)

Derived Forms

degradingly degradingness undegrading

Synonyms

debasing corrupting

Rhymes With

trading upgrading fading invading grading aiding shading raiding persuading wading evading masquerading

Questions

How do you pronounce degrading?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/.
What does degrading mean?
present participle and gerund of degrade

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