Usually means: To strip or reduce dignity.
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  1. undignify: Merriam-Webster
  2. undignify: Collins English Dictionary
  3. undignify: Wordnik
  4. undignify: Wiktionary

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To treat without dignity.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To demean.

Similar:
indignify, disglorify, ignoble, unglorify, humiliate, disgrace, defile, mortify, denigrate, disennoble, more...

Opposite:
dignify, honor, respect, elevate

Types:
dishonor, humiliate, embarrass, disgrace, more...

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Similar:
indignify, disglorify, ignoble, unglorify, humiliate, disgrace, defile, mortify, denigrate, disennoble, more...

Opposite:
dignify, honor, respect, elevate

Types:
dishonor, humiliate, embarrass, disgrace, more...



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