Cryptic crossword clue
A deed men of a wild nature belittled 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DEMEANED

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The straight part
We know that "belittled" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case belittled = demeaned.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DEMEANED mean?

DEMEANED verb
  1. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
  2. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
  3. To mortify.
DEMEANED verb
  1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  2. (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
DEMEANED verb
  1. To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a dataset).

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