DOWNGRADING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DOWNGRADING?

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Associations of "Downgrading" (30 Words)

abase	Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone. I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees.
abate	Make less active or intense. Nothing abated his crusading zeal.
adulterate	Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The brewer is said to adulterate his beer.
curtail	Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent. Curtail drinking in school.
debase	Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The King was forced to debase the coinage.
decrease	Decrease in size extent or range. He decreased his staff.
decrement	A process of becoming smaller or shorter. Relaxation produces a decrement in sympathetic nervous activity.
defame	Damage the good reputation of (someone); slander or libel. He claimed that the article defamed his family.
degrade	Wear down (rock) and cause it to disintegrate. He was degraded from his high estate.
demote	Move (someone) to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment. She was demoted because she always speaks up.
detract	Cause someone or something to be distracted or diverted from. His bad manners detract from his good character.
dilute	Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. Dilute acetic acid.
diminish	Make or become less. The pain will gradually diminish.
diminution	The statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original. The disease shows no signs of diminution.
downplay	Understate the importance or quality of. This report downplays the seriousness of global warming.
dwindle	Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength. Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
lessen	Decrease in size, extent, or range. The warmth of the afternoon lessened.
lower	In or into a lower position. The sun sank lower.
minimize	Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance. They may minimize or even overlook the importance of such beliefs.
reduce	Reduce in size reduce physically. She has been reduced to near poverty.
reducible	Capable of being reduced- Edmund Wilson. Shakespeare s major soliloquies are not reducible to categories.
reduction	The action of remedying a dislocation or fracture by returning the affected part of the body to its normal position. The reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon.
relegate	Assign an inferior rank or position to. United were relegated to division two.
retrench	Reduce (something) in extent or quantity. If people are forced to retrench their expenditure trade will suffer.
rundown	An analysis or summary of something by a knowledgeable person. He gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition.
shrinkage	The amount by which something shrinks. The material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage.
under	Under water. See under for further discussion.
understate	Describe or represent (something) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is. The press have understated the extent of the problem.
undervalue	Lose in value. Through overfamiliarity it is easy to undervalue this concerto.
weaken	Lessen in force or effect. The fever weakened his body.