degrading

The definition of degrading is something that causes damage, humiliation or a loss of respect.

(adjective)

When someone puts you down all the time and causes you to feel humiliated and disrespected, this is an example of degrading treatment.

See degrading in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

that degrades; debasing

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See degrading in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Tending or intended to degrade: “There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one's means of livelihood” (W. Somerset Maugham).

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