as in disgraced
to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity
the debate would be more enlightening if both sides didn't stoop to name-calling
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Recent Examples of stooped
Winger Aron Winter pulled back the cross, and Bergkamp stooped to head home their third of the game.
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Even the Celtics wouldn’t have stooped so low as to try to enact a ban on an opposing team’s fans.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The waiter stooped, took the knife from my hand, leaned close, and cut a delicate line down the spine.
—Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Twain, of course, never stooped to fart jokes or hunchback gags in pursuit of a giggle.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Tim stooped down and put his hand on the little buck’s horns.
—William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Daniels said, arguing that no past Republicans would’ve stooped to such a level.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Even the Celtics wouldn’t have stooped so low as to try to enact a ban on an opposing team’s fans.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 9 May 2026
The waiter stooped, took the knife from my hand, leaned close, and cut a delicate line down the spine.
—Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
Twain, of course, never stooped to fart jokes or hunchback gags in pursuit of a giggle.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Tim stooped down and put his hand on the little buck’s horns.
—William J. McRae, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2025
Helm’s valley, though it is being grazed by herds, hunted across by packs and stooped upon from above, seems a bit – dull.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Daniels said, arguing that no past Republicans would’ve stooped to such a level.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stooped
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Day, acquitted of one killing, but convicted of the other in 1994, has long alleged Chicago police tied to disgraced former police Cmdr.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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King may be familiar to followers of Massachusetts State Police scandals as his state case came up in the fallout to the revelations regarding disgraced ex-Trooper Michael Proctor.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
9 May 2026
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Others felt her comments oversimplified a complex issue and unfairly shamed Black women who choose to wear wigs and weaves.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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One dancer also claimed she was shamed for her weight.—
Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Generally, these were the likely second-rounders, although two likely first-rounders deigned to join them for a day on Wednesday.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Every baseball fan who reads your venerable newspaper knows this great Hall of Fame baseball writer would never have deigned to explain the Mets’ disastrous spring with the aid of these equations.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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McIlroy, with his charming Irish lilt and very blue-collar backstory, was tailor-made for the gig but he’s been humbled by golf plenty, too.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The Administration’s cowboy capture of the Venezuelan autocrat Nicolás Maduro, on January 3rd, prompted an airspace closure in the Caribbean, stranding many populations, none as humbled as the American tourists, gone to the islands for rest and relaxation over the winter holiday.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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That is, until she’s condescended by her chic coworker Emily (Emily Blunt), admonished by Miranda, and given a makeover by Runway art director Nigel (Stanley Tucci).—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Susannah Fullerton on the French Writer’s Feline Muses La Chatte condescended to live with Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette), born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France, in 1873, died in Paris, 1954, novelist, actress and journalist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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