Demean

Verb

 * 1) To debase; to lower; to degrade.
 * 2) To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
 * 3) To mortify.

Synonyms

 * debase
 * lower
 * degrade

Verb

 * 1) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
 * 2) To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Noun

 * 1)  Management; treatment.
 * 2)  Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.

Related terms

 * demeanor

Noun

 * 1) demesne.
 * 2) resources; means.

Thesaurus
abase, abash, acquit, act, bear, belittle, bring down, bring low, carry, cast down, comport, conduct, contemn, crush, debase, decry, degrade, deport, derogate, despise, detract, diminish, disparage, dump, dump on, go on, humiliate, lower, put down, quit, reduce, scorn, set down, sink, take down, trip up

Etymology 1
(1595) From "lowly, base" from  mene, aphetic variation of imene "mean, base, common" from  ġemǣne "mean, common".

Etymology 2
demenen, demeinen from demener from  demener from de- + mener "to conduct, lead" from  mināre "to drive" and  minārī "to threaten"

Etymology 3
Var. of demesne.

Anagrams

 * amened
 * meaned
 * Medean