Abase

/əˈbeɪs/

Synonyms for "abase" (57 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Verb(4 words)

humiliate adulterate belittle chagrin

abashbring downbring lowbump bustcast downchaste corrupt

Strong matches (17)

cower cringe crush debase degrade demean demote deplume diminish disgrade dishonor displume downgrade dumpdump on

Verb(2 words)

degrade demean

Related words (28)

far fawn flout foul grovel humble humiliate insult lour lowerput downreduceset downsinkstrip of ranktake downtoadytrip uptruckle unman

Verb(5 words)

humble humbled humbles mortify prostrates

Adjective(1 words)

humblest

Noun(2 words)

humbling stoops

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

bruise hurt injure offend spitetransitive verbverb of actionwound

More specific

2 entries

debase demean

Collocations

5 entries

abase authorityabase dignityabased statusmoral abasementpublicly abase

Inflections

3 entries

abased abases abasing

Derivations

2 entries

abasement abaser

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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He began to abase the man behind his back.

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You cannot abase someone who has no shame.

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You will never abase me, Tom.

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I will abase myself, no matter how.

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