dégrader [degʀade] (se conjugue comme arriver) → SYNONYMES

1 verbe transitif

a /Militaire/ « destituer » : [+ officier] ▶ to demote

b « avilir »

[+ personne] ▶ to degrade, ▶ to debase

[+ qualité] ▶ to debase

[+ beauté] ▶ to defile, ▶ to debase

c « détériorer »

[+ mur, bâtiment]

[sujet : vandales] ▶ to damage, ▶ to cause damage to

[sujet : pluie] ▶ to erode, ▶ to cause to deteriorate

[+ monument, façade] ▶ to deface, ▶ to damage

/Géologie/; [+ roches] ▶ to erode, ▶ to wear away

[+ relations] ▶ to damage

■ ils ont dégradé le matériel : they damaged the equipment

■ les quartiers dégradés : the rundown areas

d /Art/

[+ couleurs] ▶ to shade off

[+ lumière] ▶ to subdue

■ tons dégradés : shaded tones

e [+ cheveux] ▶ to layer, ▶ to cut in layers

2 se dégrader verbe pronominal

a [sujet : personne]

« s'avilir moralement » ▶ to degrade [oneself], ▶ to debase [oneself]

« s'affaiblir physiquement » ▶ to lose one's physical powers

b « empirer »

[sujet : relations, situation, qualité, santé, bâtiment] ▶ to

deteriorate

[sujet : valeurs morales, forces] ▶ to decline

[sujet : mémoire] ▶ to fail

[sujet : marché] ▶ to weaken

[sujet : monnaie] ▶ to grow weaker

[sujet : pouvoir d'achat] ▶ to shrink

■ le temps se dégrade : the weather is deteriorating | there's a change for the worse in the

weather

c /Art/

[sujet : couleurs] ▶ to shade off

[sujet : lumière] ▶ to become subdued

d [sujet : énergie] ▶ to become dissipated ou degraded