Associations to the word «Demean»
Noun
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Wiktionary
DEMEAN, verb. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
DEMEAN, verb. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
DEMEAN, verb. To mortify.
DEMEAN, verb. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
DEMEAN, verb. To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
DEMEAN, noun. (archaic) Management; treatment.
DEMEAN, noun. (archaic) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
DEMEAN, noun. Demesne.
DEMEAN, noun. Resources; means.
Dictionary definition
DEMEAN, verb. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture".
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?