downgrading

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English

Definitions

verb

To place lower in position.“The stock was downgraded from 'buy' to 'sell'.”
To 'dumb down', reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts.
To disparage.
To reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.

noun

A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.

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Synonyms

defame degrade demote reduce revert ruin demotion decrease relegation lowering devaluation degradation devaluing reduction decommissioning decommission decline declassification

Rhymes

degrading pervading cascading persuading serenading fading lading horse trading raiding evading

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