DEMEAN, DEMEANING
VERBS
► BEAR LOW SAIL to demean oneself humbly → a1300 obs.
► BELOW to make low or lowly; to humble; to demean → 1377 obs. exc. Sc.
► BETEEM to demean, to lower → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CREEP UP SOMEONE’S ASS to demean oneself as a means of currying favour with someone → 1698 sl.
► EAT DIRT to act in a demeaning, humiliating manner → M19 sl.
► EVEN to bring down to a level, to lower, to demean → 1660 Sc.
► LESSEN to lower the dignity, position, or character of; to humble; to degrade, to demean → a1654 obs.
► LOW-RATE to denigrate, to disparage, to depreciate; to demean, to belittle → 1743 chiefly African-American usage
► UNDERMAN to demean, to degrade → 1889 Eng. dial.
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