| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Demean.[Websters]
2. To have abased, lowered, contemned, humiliated or deteriorated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To be debased or garbled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have ruined or impaired. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To be abbreviated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have demolished, degraded, disparaged or belittled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To be disgraced or attainted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have depreciated, underestimated or underrated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To be inflected or revised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have despised or scorned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb demean.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (demean) | 1. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.[Wordnet]. 2. To manage; to conduct; to treat.[Websters]. 3. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.[Websters]. 4. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: demeaning, demeaned, demeans, demeanor, demeanors, demeaningly and demeanedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being debased or garbled.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being abbreviated or abridged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being humiliating or degrading. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being degenerate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being ashamed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being humbling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being inflected or revised.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DEMEANED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: demean
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To behave; to carry; to conduct; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, it is our duty to demean ourselves with humility.. | 2: [Verb] To treat.. | 3: [Verb] To debase; to undervalue.. | 4: [Noun] Behavior; carriage; demeanor.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Tips from 1870 | Usage: Demean, Degrade. The word demean is often incorrectly used in the sense of degrade, lower. It should be used in the sense of behave, conduct, deport, and not in the sense of degrade. Source: Slips of Speech. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. (references) | 2: [Noun] demesne. (references) | 3: [Noun] Management; treatment. (references) | 4: [Noun] resources; means. (references) | 5: [Verb] To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. (references) | 6: [Verb] To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. (references) | 7: [Verb] To manage; to conduct; to treat. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
