Словарь синонимов английского языка - degrade

(v) 1. downgrade, demote, break, Militaby cashier, Ecclesiastical unfrock, Law disbar; depose, unseat; disfranchise or disenfranchise; Military drum out (of the corps), Chiefly naval disrate; US military bust: They degraded him from captain to lieutenant. 2. disgrace, dishonour, humble, shame, discredit, debase, demean, abase; humiliate, mortify, belittle, deprecate, depreciate, cheapen, reduce, lower: He has been degraded to mopping the floor. 3. dilute, adulterate, weaken, thin, water (down), alloy: Cologne is, essentially, degraded perfume.