demeaning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: demeaning	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for demeaning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demeaning adj causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game" Synonym(s): demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demean \De*mean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demeaning}.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se d[82]mener to struggle; pref. d[82]- (L. de) + mener to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See {Menace}.] 1. To manage; to conduct; to treat. [Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. --Milton. 2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. --Shak. They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. --Clarendon.