demean
verb/ʁɨbɐjˈʃaɾ/medium
re·bai·xar
Definitions
-2To humiliate; to diminish someone's value, dignity, or prestige.
The colleague's comments aimed to demean him in front of the team.
Don't try to demean others to feel superior.
Common collocations
demean someonepublicly demean
-1To make lower; to decrease the height, level, or position of something.
They are going to lower the road surface by 20 centimeters.
The company lowered its sales expectations for the quarter.
Common collocations
lower the levellower the pricelower expectations
Etymology
Derivado de 'baixo' + prefixo 're-'.