The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABASES , but the solution may also be CHEAPENS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Degrades crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABASES | 79 % | 6 |
| CHEAPENS | 11 % | 8 |
| DEBASES | 5 % | 7 |
| SHAMES | 5 % | 6 |
Why may CHEAPENS be the right solution?
The word "degrades" means to lower in quality or value. "CHEAPENS" means to make something less valuable or of lower quality. Therefore, "CHEAPENS" is the right answer because it accurately describes the action of degrading.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Degrades
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- demean
- cheapen
- disgrace
- put down
- abases
- alters
- badmouths
- cheapens
- consists
- corrupts
- damages
- debases
Crossword Answer definitions
ABASES verb- To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABASES
- Degrades
- Insults
- Takes down a peg
- Loses prestige
- Shames
- Humbles
- Humiliates
- Lowers in rank
- Puts down
- Cuts down to size
More clues leading to the result CHEAPENS
More clues leading to the result DEBASES
- Brings indignity to
- Lowers in value
- Cheapens
- Corrupts
- Lowers
- Drags down
- Corrupts.
- Reduces in value, as currency.
- Devalues.
- Vitiates.