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Word | Abase |
lower in esteem; hurt the pride of / To lower or depress / lower; degrade; humiliate / behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade (someone). / archaic : to lower physically / to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem, | |
Usage | ⇒ A policeman is abasing a good businessman thats why he is weeping ⇒ I do not want to take drugs and abase myself ⇒ Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King of Siam; when told to cast herself down on the ground before him, however, she refused to abase herself. ⇒ He was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit ⇒ I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees ⇒ I watched my associate abasing himself before the dean |
Synonyms | humiliate, debase, degrade, demean, humble, lower, reduce, disgrace, mortify, put down, belittle, dishonor, shame, depress, disparage, abash, chagrin, corrupt, diminish, downgrade, |
Antonyms | exalt, dignify, extol, honor, respect, aggrandize, cherish, elevate, ennoble, magnify, amend, better, boost, canonize, cheer, cleanse, deify, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, |
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