Some writers feel that to express their ideas in simple terms is degrading.    From LearnThat.org.  [D. V. Lindley.]

Verb (used with object) : He felt they were degrading him by making him report to the supervisor. ,degraded from director to assistant director.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : degrading submission.    From Dictionary.com. 

Nero's boyish pride by taunting him with what she called his degrading and unmanly subjection to his mother.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nero Makers of History Series] Reference

Ask instead if something truly harmful and degrading is being glorified.    From Wordnik.com.  [MIND MELD: Is Young Adult SF/F Too Explicit?] Reference

The Pentagon is not succeeding in degrading the Taliban's military capacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Naiman: Is the Pentagon Deliberately "Degrading" Afghanistan's Capacity for Peace?] Reference

"We are seeing an alarming trend in degrading financial health," said Navy Capt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Troops in Debt Barred from Overseas Duty | Impact Lab] Reference

The whole issue of the women in the ring and what they call degrading and demeaning behavior towards women.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crooks and Liars] Reference

He said some immigrants were being detained in degrading conditions, and cited numerous allegations of beatings by police officers.    From Wordnik.com.  [EU to Reinforce Greek Border] Reference

The word degrading isnt in his vocabulary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Extreme Measures] Reference

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has described as degrading to women.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Star > Politics] Reference

How self-degrading is it to be a spokesperson for a group of people who don’t value you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Coulter guilty of “textbook plagiarism”] Reference

I as a black male find this word degrading in all aspects, from my own race and from other races as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [How do you feel about the latest 'View' brouhaha? (Viewhaha?) | EW.com] Reference

  While Rutgers academic and feminist Golbarg Bashi called the idea degrading and started a new movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seismic Impact of the Boobquake Movement] Reference

There is simply no way to prove that they haven’t been effective in degrading al Qaeda’s capabilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » More Failure for Obama’s Law Enforcement Approach to Terrorism] Reference

He called her degrading names, grabbed her by the hair and throat, and threatened to mutilate and destroy her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference

Richardson, if you remember, has been called degrading to women and accused of "waggling" his privates in front of models.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coco Rocha, Size 4 Model, Says Being Sidelined For Weight Gain 'Hurt'] Reference

They found some loose change and tossed it on the unconscious woman while laughing and calling her degrading names, court heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

How degrading is that?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » WellPoint CEO receives a 51 percent increase in compensation.] Reference

Amnesty International condemned the punishment as "degrading".    From Wordnik.com.  [Severity of Islamic Law Fuels Debate in Malaysia] Reference

The "degrading" of the Yugoslav Army is not a strategic objective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wage A Full War--Or Cut A Deal] Reference

Brainstorm art exhibition demystifies the brain – it is not 'degrading'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learn to love uncertainty and failure, say leading thinkers | Edge question] Reference

I suggest that "degrading" refers to abusive behavior and to women putting up with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do sexually "degrading" song lyrics lure teenagers into bad sex?] Reference

They reinforce the worst kind of degrading racial stereotypes that should have died long ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reference

First, there is something strange about using the term "degrading" instead of the usual "graphic.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Do sexually "degrading" song lyrics lure teenagers into bad sex?] Reference

And also that calling them homeless people is kind of degrading in that assuming that these people don't have a home.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2004] Reference

The Greek word transleates as "degrading" is ATIMIA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Pakatan not tickled by 'degrading' cartoons | Humayun Kabir.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malaysiakini :: News] Reference

The provision is impossibly vague - who knows what "degrading" means?.    From Wordnik.com.  [YID With LID] Reference

The provision is impossibly vague -- who knows what "degrading" means?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mudville Gazette] Reference

(3Apr09), angry that an artist who raps 'degrading' lyrics was booked to perform.    From Wordnik.com.  [ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News] Reference

Again, the senate is described as degrading those who feared to return to Hannibal (xxiv.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference

Paterson said on Saturday he has been subjected to "degrading" attacks because he is blind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?)] Reference

Judges warned last week that they would refuse to take seats determined by the "degrading" lottery.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBAY Action 2 News] Reference