English-Thai Dictionary
demean
VT ลดคุณ ค่า ลด ความนับถือ cheapen debase humiliate elevate raise lod-kun-ka
demean oneself
PHRV ทำให้ ด้อยค่า ลง (ทางสังคม หรือ ทางจิตใจ descend to tam-hai-doi-long
demeanor
N พฤติกรรม อากัปกิริยา การ วางตัว behavior deportment manner puead-ti-kam
demeanour
N กรรม ลักษณะ ภายนอก ท่าทาง บุคลิกลักษณะ อากัปกิริยา behavior deportment manner kam
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DEMEAN
v.t. 1. To behave; to carry; to conduct; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, it is our duty to demean ourselves with humility.
2. To treat.
DEMEAN
v.t.To debase; to undervalue.
DEMEAN
n. 1. Behavior; carriage; demeanor.
2. Mien.
DEMEANOR
n.Behavior; carriage; deportment; as decent demeanor; sad demeanor.
DEMEANURE
n.Behavior.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEMEAN
De *mean ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demeaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Demeaning. ]Etym: [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se démener to struggledé - (L. de ) + mener to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace. ]
1. To manage; to conduct; to treat. [Our ] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. Milton.
2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. Shak. They answered. .. that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. Clarendon.
3. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. Thackeray.
Note: This sense is probably due to a false etymology which regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean.
DEMEAN
De *mean ", n. Etym: [OF. demene. See Demean, v. t.]
1. Management; treatment. [Obs. ] Vile demean and usage bad. Spenser.
2. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs. ] With grave demean and solemn vanity. West.
DEMEAN
De *mean ", n. Etym: [See Demesne. ]
1. Demesne. [Obs. ]
2. pl.
Defn: Resources; means. [Obs. ] You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.
DEMEANANCE
DEMEANANCE De *mean "ance, n.
Defn: Demeanor. [Obs. ] Skelton.
DEMEANOR
DEMEANOR De *mean "or, n. [Written also demeanour. ] Etym: [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.]
1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs. ] God commits the managing so great a trust. .. wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.
2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.
DEMEANURE
DEMEANURE De *mean "ure, n.
Defn: Behavior. [Obs. ] Spenser.
New American Oxford Dictionary
demean
de mean 1 |diˈmēn dəˈmin | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something ): I had demeaned the profession. • (demean oneself ) do something that is beneath one's dignity. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from de- ‘away, down ’ + the adjective mean 2, on the pattern of debase .
demean
de mean 2 |dəˈmin diˈmēn | ▶verb (demean oneself ) archaic conduct oneself in a particular way: no man demeaned himself so honorably. ORIGIN Middle English (also in the sense ‘manage, control ’): from Old French demener ‘to lead, ’ based on Latin de- ‘away ’ + minare ‘drive (animals ), drive on with threats ’ (from minari ‘threaten ’).
demeaning
de mean ing |diˈmēniNG dɪˈmiːnɪŋ | ▶adjective causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others: the poster was not demeaning to women. DERIVATIVES de mean ing ly adverb
demeanor
de mean or |diˈmēnər dəˈminər |(Brit. demeanour ) ▶noun outward behavior or bearing: a quiet, somber demeanor. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from demean 2, probably influenced by obsolete havour ‘behavior. ’
Oxford Dictionary
demean
demean 1 |dɪˈmiːn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something ): I had demeaned the profession. • (demean oneself ) do something that is beneath one's dignity. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from de- ‘away, down ’ + the adjective mean 2, on the pattern of debase .
demean
demean 2 |dɪˈmiːn | ▶verb (demean oneself ) archaic conduct oneself in a particular way: no man demeaned himself so honourably. ORIGIN Middle English (also in the sense ‘manage, control ’): from Old French demener ‘to lead ’, based on Latin de- ‘away ’ + minare ‘drive (animals ), drive on with threats ’ (from minari ‘threaten ’).
demeaning
de ¦mean |ing |dɪˈmiːnɪŋ | ▶adjective causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others: the poster was not demeaning to women. DERIVATIVES demeaningly adverb
demeanour
demeanour |dɪˈmiːnə |(US demeanor ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] outward behaviour or bearing: his happy demeanour. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from demean 2, probably influenced by obsolete havour ‘behaviour ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
demean
demean verb such actions demean him in the eyes of the public: debase, lower, degrade, discredit, devalue; cheapen, abase, humble, humiliate, disgrace, dishonor. ANTONYMS dignify.
demeaning
demeaning adjective a demeaning experience: degrading, humiliating, shameful, mortifying, abject, ignominious, undignified, inglorious.
demeanor
demeanor noun his normally calm demeanor: manner, air, attitude, appearance, look; bearing, carriage; behavior, conduct; formal comportment.
Oxford Thesaurus
demean
demean verb his actions only served to demean him in the eyes of the public: discredit, lower, lower someone's dignity, lower someone's status, degrade, debase, devalue, demote; cheapen, abase, humble, humiliate, disgrace, dishonour; (demean oneself ) condescend, deign, stoop, descend. ANTONYMS dignify, exalt.
demeaning
demeaning adjective a demeaning experience | demeaning work: degrading, humiliating, shaming, shameful, bringing shame, mortifying, abject, lowering, ignominious, undignified, inglorious, discrediting; menial; informal infra dig. ANTONYMS ennobling.
demeanour
demeanour noun his normally calm demeanour: manner, air, attitude, appearance, look, aspect, mien, cast; bearing, carriage, way of carrying oneself; behaviour, conduct, way of behaving, comportment; Brit. deportment.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
demean
de mean 1 /dɪmíːn /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠…の品位を落とす ; 〖～ oneself 〗(自分の )品位を落とす ▸ demean oneself by a dishonorable act 恥ずべき行為で品位を落とす ▸ demean oneself so far as to do …するほど身を落とす ～ing 形容詞 品位を落とすような .
demean
de mean 2 動詞 他動詞 ｟文 ｠〖～ oneself ＋副詞 〗(…のように )ふるまう (behave ).
demeanor
de mean or ｟英 ｠-our /dɪmíːnə r /名詞 U 〖時にa ～〗態度 (manner ); ふるまい (behavior )▸ a goddess-like demeanor 女神のようなふるまい
The Wordsmith Dictionary