What is another word for de-grading?

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dastardly, notorious, drunken, unclean, impure, debauched, sinful, obscene, carnal, intemperate, villainous, outrageous, Shaming, ribald, heinous, wicked, appalled, appalling, squeamish, dismayed, ugly, astonished, stupefied, infra dig, percussive, frightened, Jarred, deplorable, aghast, dangerous, hazardous, undesirable, deleterious, harmful, poisonous, unsound, negative, noisome, morbid, demoralizing, risky, chancy, noxious, Jeopardous, unhealthful, insalubrious, corrupting, treacherous, perilous, baneful, nefarious, unsanitary, perverse, virulent, rotten, detrimental, unwholesome, effeminate, womanish, sissy, effeminate cockney, Unmasculine, gutless, crooked, venal, exploitative, unprincipled, illegal, low-down, wrongful, unethical, degraded, unfair, shameless, slippery, perfidious, shifty, underhand, conscienceless, selfish, two-faced, questionable, ruthless, underhanded, dishonest, casuistic, recreant, self-seeking, deceitful, crafty, mercenary, unconscientious, scheming, arrant, petty, improper, unconscionable, sinister, sly, wrong, no-account, unfit, unseemly, inappropriate, not worth, unsuitable, valueless, not good enough, undeserving, unbefitting, blamable, unmerited, inexcusable, not fit, nothing, good-for-nothing, ineligible, not deserving, beneath, out of place, degrade, shame, mortify, humiliate, spike, amalgamate, blend, denature, devalue, depreciate, intermix, taint, mingle, shave, defile, contaminate, doctor, infiltrate, cut, mix, lace, doctor up, thin, plant, transfuse, make impure, pollute, falsify, irrigate, cook, commingle, water down, attenuate, dissolve, phony up, dilute, alloy, dehumanize, adulterate, demoralize, brutalize, declare illegitimate, warp, bestialize, ruin, demerit, impoverish, pauperize, controvert, disconfirm, rebut, refute, subdue, enfeeble, enervate, confound, incapacitate, cripple, undermine, dispirit, confute, cow, tame, bankrupt, disprove, lose value, spoil, decline, minimize, render worthless, denigrate, mark down, fall, mar, write off, undervalue, damage, drop, beat down, make pay, develop as business, make marketable, make bring returns, advertise, make profitable, market, sell, make saleable, square, animalize, blemish, deform, disfigure, despoil, maltreat, stain, outrage, rot, deface, bribe, hurt, lure, decompose, pull down, misuse, ill-treat, suborn, putrefy, subvert, waste, ravage, infect, mistreat, decay, blight, violate, bastardize, harm, grease palm, fix, abuse, mess up, muck up, soil, tar, desecrate, scuzz up, tarnish, trash, molest, smear, seduce, besmirch, sully, maculate, make foul, profane, deflower, discolor, rape, befoul, ravish, sink, dishonor, abase, degenerate, derogate, downgrade, belittle, weaken, injure, take down, corrupt, deteriorate, pan, detract, humble, reduce, Declass, depose, Bemean, diminish, vitiate, impair, disbar, put down, cut down to size, run down, disparage, disgrace, tear down, shoot down, break, mudsling, rule out, bench, debase, lower, demean, slam, canker, 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to pieces, lose quality, disintegrate, fail, Disimprove, corrode, wear away, fade, flag, become worse, go to the dogs, lose it, hit the skids, go downhill, crumble, slide, retrograde, regress, destroy, disfavor, show up, reproach, slur, defame, shoot, censure, frown upon, pooh-pooh, expose, knock bottom out of, take rug out from under, poke full of holes, disconsider, bring into disrepute, bring to naught, slander, reflect on, blow up, puncture, explode, vilify, disesteem, tar and feather, snub, depress, ridicule, give a black eye, deride, libel, disrespect, expel, lose face, stigmatize, blot, disregard, attaint, disdain, roast, deprecate, rap, put hooks in, scorch, underrate, dispraise, cry down, malign, downcry, sour grapes, deject, underestimate, traduce, decrease, devalorize, detract from, chasten, chagrin, embarrass, deflate, discomfit, squash, strike dumb, bring down, hide, make eat dirt, silence, crush, squelch, put one away, deny, pop one's balloon, confuse, cut to the quick, put to shame, make one feel small, abash, overcome, put away, conquer, put out of countenance, wither, play down, downplay, blister, vanquish, make ashamed, bring low, discountenance, rip, make a fool of, Misemploy, misapply, Disgrade, disconcert, be reduced to, succumb, country, blacken, blotch, bespatter, besmear, begrime, crumb, smudge, mess, spot, foul, spatter, muddy, muss, muck, muss up, grime, bedraggle, load, abandon, abbreviate, abhorrent, abnegate, abominable, abusive, accrue, accuse, acerb, acerbic, ache, acid, acrid, act, adjudicate, adjure, admixture, admonish, admonishing, admonitory, adulterated, adulterous, advance, advertize, afoul, aggrandise, aggrandize, agitate, agony, airless, alarm, alkali, all in, allay, alleviate, alter, amalgamated, amateur, amateurish, amaze, amazed, amazing, ambidextrous, amiss, amplify, anathemize, anguish, animadversion, animal, animalise, annoyance, annoyer, apostate, appal, appall, applesauce, appropriate, arch, area, arm, arouse, arrest, 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capitulation, capitulum, captain cook, capture, card, cargo, cark, cart, cartridge clip, cartridge holder, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast out, castigate, casuistical, cat, caustic, cave, cave in, censurable, centrist, cesspit, cesspool, chafe, chair, chalk, chance, chanceful, change form, change shape, char, charge, chastise, cheapjack, cheapness, cheat, check, check out, cheeseparing, cheesy, chevvy, chevy, chicken feed, chiding, chinchy, chintzy, chivvy, chivy, choke, choke off, chow, chuck out, chute, cipher, circumvent, cissy, clapperclaw, classify, cliff, clipping, clog, clog up, close down, close out, close up, close-fitting, closelipped, closely, closemouthed, closet, closing, closing curtain, cloud, cloudy, coalesce, coalesced, coarse, coast, cocker, coddle, codswallop, coldcock, collapse, colly, color, colour, colza, combine, combust, come, come apart, come down, come out, come together, come-on, comfort, commercialise, commercialize, commix, commixture, commode, commonplace, commons, commonwealth, commove, compact, compaction, complete, compress, conceal, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, condemn, condemnable, condemnation, condense, condescension, confining, conflate, confused, congest, conjure, conk out, conniving, consignment, consolidated, consternation, constitute, constrict, constringe, consume, consummate, contain, contaminating, contamination, contempt, contemptuous, contort, contract bridge, contradict, contrary, control, contumely, convolute, cooking pan, cool, cool down, coquette, cornerstone, correct, corrupted, corruptible, cosh, cosset, counteract, countercurrent, countermine, cover, crank, crapper, craven, craw, criminal, criminate, cringe, cringing, cross, crosscurrent, crouch, crucify, crude, crummy, crumple, crunch, crusade, crushed, crushed leather, crying, culpable, cultivate, cunning, cup, curb, curse word, curve, cuss, cut down, cut of meat, cut short, cutting, cutting off, cypher, cytosmear, dainty, dampish, dampness, dangle, dapple, dark, dart, dash, dastard, daub, dazed, dead, deaden, deadening, deadly, deal, debased, debauchery, debunk, decayed, decelerate, decisive, deck, declaration, declension, declination, declivity, decoct, decomposition, decompress, deconsecrate, decoy, decrement, defamation, defeat, defect, defer, defiled, define, deflection, defrock, dehumanise, deletion, delight, demolish, demonic, demoralise, demoralising, denigrating, denigration, denigrative, denigratory, denounce, dense, deoxidise, deoxidize, deoxyephedrine, depleted, depone, depopulate, depraved, deprecating, deprecative, depreciating, depreciatory, depredation, depressed, depression, deprive, derange, derangement, derision, derive, derogative, derriere, descent, descry, desegregate, desert, deserter, desex, desexualise, desexualize, designing, despicable, despite, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, destruct, deter, determine, detonate, detriment, devaluate, devalued, devastate, develop, deviant, deviate, 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endanger, endeavor, endeavour, ending, engraft, enkindle, enlace, enlarge, enrapture, enshroud, entail, enter, enthral, enthrall, entice, enticement, entreat, entwine, epicene, equipment casualty, erupt, espy, essay, establish, evanesce, evenfall, everlasting, everyday, evil, evoke, exacerbate, examine, exasperate, excision, exclude, exclusion, excommunicate, excommunication, excoriate, excrescence, excruciate, execrable, execration, exhaust, exhibit, exhort, exorbitant, expand, expedience, expend, expense, expletive, exploitatory, exploitive, extenuate, extortionate, extraordinary, extravagant, extrusion, facilitate, fade away, fade out, faded, fag, fag out, faithful, fake, fall back, fall down, fall in, fall off, fallacious, falling out, fanny, fast, fasten, fatigue, fault, faulty, fearful, fearsome, feather, featherbed, fell, female chest, fetid, fiddling, fight, fill up, film, filth, filthy, finale, find, fine-tune, finis, finish, fire, first, first gear, fishy, fixate, fixing, fixture, fizzle, fizzle out, flabbergasted, flagitious, flagstone, flap, flap down, flash, flash back, flashy, flatten, flaw, fleck, fleet, fleshly, fleur-de-lis, flex, flimsy, flinch, fling, flip, flirt, flock, floor, flop, flora, flow, flub, fluff, flukey, fluky, flummox, flunk, flurry, flush it, flux, flyblown, foetid, foil, fold, folderol, food market, fool, fool away, foot, footling, foray, forbear, forbidding, force out, foreshorten, forsake, fortify, foul-smelling, fouled, found, foundation, founder, foursquare, fox, foxy, fracture, fragile, fraudulent, free fall, free-base, free-lance, freelance, freeze, freeze down, freeze off, freight, fret, frighten away, frighten off, frightening, frightful, frightfully, frisson, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, frown, frown on, frustrate, fuck up, fuddle, fudge, fumble, function, fundament, funk, funky, funny, furbish up, fuse, fused, fuss, gangrene, gaol, gaolbreak, gap, garble, garish, garlic, gash, gaudy, gear up, geld, gelded, 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hemipteran, hemipteron, hex, hide out, hideous, high-risk, hind end, hinder, hindquarters, ho-hum, hogwash, hold, hold in, hold off, hold over, home, honk, hook, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrify, horrifying, humbled, humbling, humiliated, humiliation, hump, hunched, hush, hush up, ice, iciness, icky, iffy, ignominy, ignore, ill-bred, ill-famed, ill-gotten, ill-mannered, ill-timed, ill-treatment, ill-usage, ill-use, imbed, immingle, immix, immure, impairment, impale, imperativeness, imperious, impish, implant, implemental, implike, imply, impose, imprecate, imprison, impudent, inapplicable, inapposite, incarcerate, incommode, incompatible, incompetent, inconvenience, inconvenience oneself, incorrect, incorrectly, incriminate, incumbrance, indecorous, indignation, indispose, indulge, industrial plant, inexpensive, inexpert, infatuation, infernal, inflate, inflict, infliction, informality, infract, infrastructure, iniquitous, inject, injury, insanitary, insistence, 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localisation, localization, locating, location, lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, lode, loosen, loosen up, loot, lop, lordly, lot, loud, lour, louse up, lousy, low gear, low-pitched, low-spirited, low-toned, lowball, lowbred, lower berth, lower oneself, lower-ranking, lowly, lurid, lustful, macerate, maculation, magazine, magnify, make, make fun, make out, maledict, malefic, malignment, maltreatment, manipulate, manure, march, mariner, mark, marked-up, marketplace, marshy, mart, mash, mass, master, mastered, masthead, materialistic, md, mean value, meanspirited, measure, mechanical press, medico, meek, melanise, melanize, meld, melt, melt off, menacing, mend, mending, menial, mentally ill, mephistophelean, mephistophelian, mercantile, meretricious, merge, meritless, mess hall, messiness, metal, meter, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, methedrine, metre, mickle, microbe, microscope slide, middle of the roader, military press, milksop, milquetoast, minacious, minatory, mince, mingy, minimise, mint, minus, minute, minx, mire, mirky, miry, miss

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