Undignified - English meaning

adjective

Dismissive of the importance of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

His cruel, belittling remarks

verb

Dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant.

Usage examples:

She belittled amy's riding skills whenever she could

verb

Present participle of belittle

Usage examples:

Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts., stop belittling yourself…

verb

Reduce the price of.

Usage examples:

The depreciation of the dollar would cheapen us exports

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

Usage examples:

The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

verb

Present participle of debase

Usage examples:

Some argue that money has debased football., our world view has become debased. we no longer have a…

adjective

Causing a loss of self-respect; humiliating.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were subjected to cruel and degrading treatment

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

Usage examples:

She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

adjective

Making you feel ashamed and worthless as a person

Usage examples:

A degrading job

adjective

Causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others.

Usage examples:

The poster was not demeaning to women

verb

Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

Usage examples:

I had demeaned the profession

verb

Conduct oneself in a particular way.

Usage examples:

No man demeaned himself so honourably

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

Usage examples:

This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

Making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Usage examples:

A humiliating defeat

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Usage examples:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

adjective

Making you feel ashamed or stupid

Usage examples:

Losing my job was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me., the government suffered a h…

suffix

A connecting vowel chiefly forming words ending in -ana, -ferous, -fic, -form, -fy, -gerous, -vorous.

suffix

Forming the plural of nouns adopted from latin ending in -us.

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Foci

suffix

Forming adjectives from names of countries or regions in the near or middle east.

Usage examples:

Azerbaijani

noun

The action of moving someone or something in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

Conditions do not allow the lowering of a rescue boat

adjective

(of the sky) dark and threatening.

Usage examples:

A day of lowering cloud

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

adjective

Causing great embarrassment or shame.

Usage examples:

How mortifying to find that he was right

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Usage examples:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

adjective

Very embarrassing

Usage examples:

Catching head lice from your kids is a mortifying experience.

adjective

Worthy of or causing shame or disgrace.

Usage examples:

A shameful accusation

adjective

Causing you to feel guilty or ashamed, or being a cause for feeling ashamed

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] it’s shameful that his own country did not fully appreciate his talent until it w…

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed.

Usage examples:

I tried to shame him into giving some away

noun

A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.

Usage examples:

She was hot with shame

noun

A regrettable or unfortunate situation or action.

Usage examples:

What a shame ellie won't be here

adjective

(especially of clothing or a colour) not flattering.

Usage examples:

An unbecoming striped sundress

adjective

Not suitable or acceptable

Usage examples:

Such conduct is unbecoming to an official.

adjective

Not appropriate; unsuitable.

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Unbefitting conduct

adjective

Not fitting or suitable; unbecoming.

Usage examples:

Certain occupations were held unfitting for baptized believers

verb

Make (something or someone) unsuitable; disqualify.

Usage examples:

They say that we are trying to give poor children tastes which will only unfit them for a life of h…

adjective

Not appropriate to or behaving like a gentleman.

Usage examples:

An ungentlemanly lack of sportsmanship

adjective

(of a man's behaviour) not polite and not behaving well towards other people

Usage examples:

He was sent off the pitch for ungentlemanly conduct.

adjective

Not appropriate for or typical of a well-bred, decorous woman.

Usage examples:

Sharon gave an unladylike snort

adjective

Not graceful or polite, or not behaving in a way that is thought to be socially acceptable for a woman

Usage examples:

She was sweating in a most unladylike manner.

adjective

(of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate.

Usage examples:

An unseemly squabble

adjective

Not suitable or polite

Usage examples:

Unseemly language, unseemly haste, unseemly behavior

adjective

Not deserving respect or attention.

Usage examples:

He was unworthy of trust and unfit to hold office

adjective

Not deserving respect, admiration, or support

Usage examples:

I put all unworthy thoughts out of my mind., the theory was unworthy of serious attention., a pract…