Get to know Demeaning better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like humbling or humiliating.
Demeaning meaning
present participle and gerund of demean
Synonyms of Demeaning
Using Demeaning
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of demean
- Useful related words include: humbling, humiliating, mortifying, undignified.
- In the example corpus, demeaning often appears in combinations such as: and demeaning, demeaning to, demeaning and.
Context around Demeaning
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Demeaning
- In this selection, "demeaning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dolls, obsequious, same, names, morally and comments stand out and add context to how "demeaning" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a really demeaning and belittling and an obsequious demeaning and silly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "demeaning" sits close to words such as abdallah, adheres and ahs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with demeaning
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Are Barbie dolls demeaning or empowering? (6 words)
This is a really demeaning and belittling article. (8 words)
It’s demeaning, morally wrong, and it won’t work. (10 words)
In an angry riposte on X, Noo-Noo expressed his 'shock and outrage' at the show's 'toxic culture of bullying', adding that 'behind my back, the other Teletubbies used to call me cruel and demeaning names like "Naughty Noo-Noo"'. (41 words)
Last year's bed push was the first time that the event had returned in many years, after it was stopped when some people complained that it was sexist and demeaning of women, as it included men dressed as nurses. (40 words)
He said: "She started facing this toxic environment and she started getting a bit more worried and tearful and sometimes when she was coming back from work will say that people are belittling her and demeaning her. (37 words)
Are Barbie dolls demeaning or empowering? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
An insecure man needs his wife to inflate his ego in public, even if it is demeaning to her.
Are Barbie dolls demeaning or empowering?
He said: "She started facing this toxic environment and she started getting a bit more worried and tearful and sometimes when she was coming back from work will say that people are belittling her and demeaning her.
In an angry riposte on X, Noo-Noo expressed his 'shock and outrage' at the show's 'toxic culture of bullying', adding that 'behind my back, the other Teletubbies used to call me cruel and demeaning names like "Naughty Noo-Noo"'.
It’s demeaning, morally wrong, and it won’t work.
Last year's bed push was the first time that the event had returned in many years, after it was stopped when some people complained that it was sexist and demeaning of women, as it included men dressed as nurses.
Ms. Stefanik had once criticized Mr. Trump’s demeaning comments toward women; now she simply plastered a smile on her face…Ms.
No prob. A healthy tradition of a thousand years was flushed down the sewer and substituted overnight by an obsequious, demeaning and silly carbon copy of an entirely alien prototype.
Shameful that you used the same demeaning words "Kimbhut Kimakar" in my reference as you had earlier used in regard to Hon'ble PM.
She also accused Rishi Sunak of "demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy" against her.
She wrote, “I had a lot of faith in Rahul Gandhi and went to Jammu during Bharat Jodo to apprise him of Srinivas’ harassment and demeaning use of language towards me.
Sir Keir of accused Ms Braverman of “demeaning the office” of home secretary, while shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper urged Mr Sunak to get rid of her.
Team a man with a man and you lose the female hang up of 'I can't do that, it's too out there/demeaning/'.
The group’s demeaning behavior is anti-Catholic and anti-Christian.
This is a really demeaning and belittling article.
As the 2024 election nears, a desperate Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been leaning on increasingly demeaning and baseless attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, signaling a sharp decline in his rhetoric.
Citing the scriptures, he declared that anything demeaning to the dignity of the human person is unworthy of public display.
During Friday’s episode of the podcast, Andy first slammed the “demeaning” question about the nature of their friendship.
For more than a year, Montgomery, Ala., Blacks had boycotted city buses to demand an end to segregation and demeaning treatment of African-Americans.
He explained that the recurring inquiries about a possible romance between him and Mayer are not only offensive but also "demeaning," reinforcing harmful stereotypes.
Common combinations with demeaning
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and demeaning 17×
- demeaning to 13×
- demeaning and 11×
- is demeaning 4×
- the demeaning 4×
- demeaning the 3×
- or demeaning 3×
- in demeaning 3×
- be demeaning 3×
- was demeaning 3×