Also means
humiliating
Usage Note
Degradante is a present-participle adjective (from degradar) and is gender-invariable (un trato degradante, una situación degradante). It implies a loss of dignity or moral standing and is stronger than humillante. In legal and human-rights contexts it appears in the phrase trato degradante ('degrading treatment').
Examples
"Ese trato degradante no se puede tolerar."
Natural Translation
That degrading treatment cannot be tolerated.
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