What is the meaning of demeaning?

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verb

Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally.
- usage: "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
- synonyms: take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down

adjective

Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
- usage: "golf is a humbling game"
- synonyms: humbling, humiliating, mortifying

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