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degd

degd is the abbreviation of degraded.

Meaning of degraded

Adjective

degraded (comparative more degraded, superlative most degraded)

  1. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
    • The Netherlands […] were reduced, practically, to a very degraded condition.1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    humiliated
  2. Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
    • The Grapsoid species are represented of a degraded form in Porcellana1852, James Dwight Dana, Crustacaea
  3. (not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
    • A Cross degraded Fitchee.1725, A New Dictionary of Heraldry ... Illustrated with 196 devices on copper ... Revis'd and corrected, with a letter to the publisher, by Mr. James Coates, page 98
  4. Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
    Synonyms:
    degd

Questions about degd

What is degd the abbreviation of?
Degd is the abbreviation of degraded.

Words near degd in the dictionary

  1. Degazons
  2. degchi
  3. degchie
  4. degchies
  5. degchis
  6. degd
  7. degear
  8. degeared
  9. degearing
  10. degears
  11. degeiko

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