demeaning
7.The first option has its logic: why let a repressive, demeaning system modernise itself slowly?
8.Make a fool of yourself in public,Be afflicted with a demeaning nickname,Or just have a plain old bad-hair day.
9.But a handsome man. “Handsome” is the masculine equivalent of --- and refusal of --- a compliment which has accumulated certain demeaning overtones, by being reserved for women only.
10.You might get dumped, divorced, or fired, make a fool of yourself in public, be afflicted with a demeaning nickname, or just have a plain old bad-hair day.


