English words for 'beneath your dignity'
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verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- treat condescendingly
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- (nonstandard, rare) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to talk down to (someone); to patronize.
- To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
- To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- (chiefly in the negative) To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
- (intransitive) To consider it appropriate or worthy to do something, often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to think fit, to vouchsafe.
verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- come as if by falling
- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- (transitive) Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).
- (chiefly poetic or religion) Chiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
- (music) To pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
- (mathematics) Of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
- To come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) Of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive) To slope or stretch downwards.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
- (intransitive) Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
- (intransitive, often passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.
- (biology, physiology) Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.
- (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) To alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
prep
adv
verb
- (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- Alternative spelling of lour.
- (transitive) To reduce the height of
- (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To pull down
- (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- (transitive) To depress as to direction
- (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
- (transitive) To bring down; to humble
- (transitive) To make less elevated
- make lower or quieter
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to drop or sink
- set lower
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
adj
adv
noun
noun
verb
verb
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
noun
noun
- The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
- The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- depriving one of self-esteem
verb
noun
noun
verb
- treat condescendingly
- be a regular customer or client of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- assume sponsorship of
- (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
- (transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
- (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
adj
- Humiliated or insignificant.
- Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
- Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
- (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is small (the manufactured size).
- Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).
- (writing, not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
- Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- lowercase
- low or inferior in station or quality
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
adv
noun
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
verb
verb
- bring shame or dishonor upon
- cause to be ashamed
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
- compel through a sense of shame
- (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
- (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
- (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
- (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
noun
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- an unfortunate development
- a state of dishonor
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
- That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
- Something to regret.
- The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
- An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
adj
intj
noun
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
- (medicine) The death of part of the body.
- (chiefly Scots law, now historical) A bequest to a charitable institution.
- The act of mortifying.
noun
verb
adj
- showing humiliation or submissiveness
- most unfortunate or miserable
- of the most contemptible kind
- showing utter resignation or hopelessness
- (sociology, usually nominalized) Marginalized as deviant.
- (rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
- (chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
- Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
noun
verb
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
noun
- a disrespectful act
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- a crime less serious than a felony
- entry to another's property without right or permission
- (slang) An insult, especially a severe one.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
- The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- depriving one of self-esteem
noun
verb
noun
noun
- an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
- strong feelings of embarrassment
- (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
- the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
- A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
- A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
- (medicine) The death of part of the body.
- (chiefly Scots law, now historical) A bequest to a charitable institution.
- The act of mortifying.
noun
verb
noun
- a disrespectful act
- the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
- an act that disregards an agreement or a right
- a crime less serious than a felony
- entry to another's property without right or permission
- (slang) An insult, especially a severe one.
- An infraction or a failure to follow a rule.
- (euphemistic) Rape; sexual activity forced on another person without their consent.
verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- treat condescendingly
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- (nonstandard, rare) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to talk down to (someone); to patronize.
- To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
- To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- (chiefly in the negative) To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
- (intransitive) To consider it appropriate or worthy to do something, often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to think fit, to vouchsafe.
verb
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- come as if by falling
- (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- (transitive) Of a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.).
- (chiefly poetic or religion) Chiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
- (transitive) To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
- Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
- In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
- (music) To pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
- (mathematics) Of a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
- To come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
- (intransitive, chiefly law) Of property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance.
- Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive) To slope or stretch downwards.
- (astronomy) Of a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
- (intransitive) Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
- (intransitive, often passive voice) Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem.
- Chiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.
- (biology, physiology) Of a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum.
- (astrology) Of a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
- (intransitive, chiefly historical) To alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
verb
- (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
- (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- Alternative spelling of lour.
- (transitive) To reduce the height of
- (intransitive) To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- (transitive) To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- (transitive) To pull down
- (transitive) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
- (transitive) To depress as to direction
- (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
- (transitive) To bring down; to humble
- (transitive) To make less elevated
- make lower or quieter
- move something or somebody to a lower position
- cause to drop or sink
- set lower
- look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval
adj
adv
noun
verb
- To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
- To lower oneself; to demean oneself in doing something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
- (transitive) To cause to submit; to prostrate.
- (transitive) To cause to incline downward; to slant.
- To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
- (intransitive) Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
- To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
- sag, bend, bend over or down
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
- descend swiftly, as if on prey
noun
- (architecture, chiefly New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, also Canada) The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
- (dialect) A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
- A stooping, bent position of the body.
- A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
- (architecture, US) The threshold of a doorway; a doorstep.
- An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.
- small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
- basin for holy water
- an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
verb
noun
verb
- treat condescendingly
- be a regular customer or client of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- assume sponsorship of
- (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
- (transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
- (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
noun
verb
verb
- bring shame or dishonor upon
- cause to be ashamed
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
- compel through a sense of shame
- (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
- (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
- (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
- (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
noun
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- an unfortunate development
- a state of dishonor
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
- That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
- Something to regret.
- The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
- An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
adj
intj
verb
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- lower (prices or markets)
- lessen the activity or force of
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- cause to drop or sink
- press down
noun
verb
adj
- Humiliated or insignificant.
- Having a small penis, muscles, or other important body parts, regardless of overall body size.
- Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
- (figuratively, not comparable) Young, as a child.
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is small (the manufactured size).
- Synonym of little (“of an industry or institution(s) therein: operating on a small scale, unlike larger counterparts”).
- (writing, not comparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written or printed letters.
- Evincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
- Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
- (of a voice) faint
- limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- lowercase
- low or inferior in station or quality
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
adv
noun
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (countable, rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, smaller than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- the slender part of the back
- a garment size for a small person
verb
adj
- showing humiliation or submissiveness
- most unfortunate or miserable
- of the most contemptible kind
- showing utter resignation or hopelessness
- (sociology, usually nominalized) Marginalized as deviant.
- (rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
- (chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
- Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
- Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.