stoop tosomething
phrasal verbwithstoopverb[I]uk/stuːp/us/stuːp/
disapprovingtoloweryourmoralstandardsby doing something that isunpleasant,dishonest, orunfair:
I don'tbelieveshe wouldeverstooptobriberyorblackmail.
[+ -ing verb]He wasamazedthat areputablefirmwouldstooptosellingthenamesoftheirclientsto othercompanies.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominious
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- shoddy
- stoop
- undignified