meaning of demean
1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
3. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
4. Management; treatment.
5. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
6. Demesne.
7. Resources; means.
8. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the
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Related Words
demean | demeanance | demeaned | demeaning | demeaningly | demeanor | demeanour | demeanure |
