dgrader [degade] (se conjugue comme arriver)

SYNONYMES

1 verbe transitif
a

/Militaire/ destituer : [+ officier] to demote

avilir

[+ personne] to degrade, to debase

[+ qualit] to debase
[+ beaut] to defile, to debase
c

dtriorer

[+ mur, btiment]
[sujet : vandales] to damage, to cause damage to
[sujet : pluie] to erode, to cause to deteriorate
[+ monument, faade] to deface, to damage
/Gologie/; [+ roches] to erode, to wear away
[+ relations] to damage

ils ont dgrad le matriel

les quartiers dgrads

/Art/

: they damaged the equipment

: the rundown areas

[+ couleurs] to shade off

[+ lumire] to subdue

tons dgrads :

shaded tones

[+ cheveux] to layer, to cut in layers

2 se dgrader 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, qualit, sant, btiment] to

deteriorate

[sujet : valeurs morales, forces] to decline

[sujet : mmoire] to fail
[sujet : march] to weaken
[sujet : monnaie] to grow weaker
[sujet : pouvoir d'achat] to shrink

le temps se dgrade :

the weather is deteriorating | there's a change for the worse in the

weather
c

/Art/

[sujet : couleurs] to shade off

[sujet : lumire] to become subdued

[sujet : nergie] to become dissipated ou degraded