Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb demean

1 sense of demean

Sense 1
take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down -- (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture")
       => humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")

Antonyms of adj demeaning

1 sense of demeaning

Sense 1
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")

INDIRECT (VIA undignified) -> dignified -- (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman")

Similarity of adj demeaning

1 sense of demeaning

Sense 1
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")
       => undignified (vs. dignified) -- (lacking dignity)