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Abase

🔄 Synonyms of "Abase"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
chagrinnoun	Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
humbleverb	Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
mortifyverb	(transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
humiliateverb	(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Abase"

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Word	Definition
humiliateverb	(transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
chagrinnoun	Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
mortifyverb	(transitive, usually used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate.
humbleverb	Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
degradeverb	(transitive) To lower in value or social position.
demeanverb	To debase; to lower; to degrade.
shamenoun	An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
depressverb	To make depressed, sad or bored.
abject	Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
abatenoun	(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
embasenoun	(archaic, transitive) To bring down or lower in position, status, etc.; to degrade, humiliate.
debaseverb	(transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
avalenoun	(intransitive, obsolete) To descend; to fall; to dismount.
afflictverb	(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
descendverb	Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
dejectnoun	One who is lowly or abject.
avilenoun	(obsolete, transitive) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
lower	Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
disbaseverb	(transitive, obsolete) To debase or degrade.
abashnoun	(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.