demean
Plural: demeans
Verb
Verb Forms: demeaned, demeaning, demeans
- To behave or conduct oneself in a particular way.
- reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
- To debase; to lower; to degrade.
- To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
- To mortify.
- To manage; to conduct; to treat.
- To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a data set).
Noun
- Management; treatment.
- Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
- demesne.
- resources; means.
Examples
- Even when losing, a good player should always DEMEAN oneself with grace.
Origin / Etymology
(1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.
Scrabble Score: 9
demean: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddemean: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
demean: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
demean: valid Words With Friends Word