Abase

//əˈbeɪs//

Synonyms for "abase" (110 found)

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Synonyms

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derived

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Translations

63 translations across 31 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • ذل verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • ذَلّ verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • понижа́вам verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • унижа́вам verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Catalan

1 entries
  • humiliar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 降低 verb (to lower physically)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 羞辱 verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • 貶低 /贬低 verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • 降低 verb (to lower physically)

Czech

2 entries
  • pokořit verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • ponížit verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Danish

1 entries
  • ydmyge verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kleineren verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • neerhalen verb (to lower physically)
  • strijken verb (to lower physically)
  • vernederen verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alentaa verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • alentaa verb (to lower physically)
  • laskea verb (to lower physically)
  • nöyryyttää verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

French

4 entries
  • abaisser verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • baisser verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • humilier verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • rabaisser verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Galician

1 entries
  • rebaixar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

German

1 entries
  • erniedrigen verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Greek

1 entries
  • εξευτελίζω verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • auðmýkja verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • niðurlægja verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Ido

1 entries
  • abasar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • abassar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Irish

1 entries
  • uirísligh verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Italian

4 entries
  • abbassare verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • abbassare verb (to lower physically)
  • degradare verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • umiliare verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 下げる verb (to lower physically)
  • 卑しめる verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • 卑下する verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • 格下げする verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Korean

1 entries
  • 낮추다 verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пони́зува verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Manx

1 entries
  • injillee verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Māori

2 entries
  • whakapāpaku verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • whakapāpaku verb (to lower physically)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • fornedre verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • ydmyke verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abaixar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • abater verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • humilhar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • rebaixar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Romanian

2 entries
  • umili verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • înjosi verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Russian

2 entries
  • уни́зить verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • унижа́ть verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Samoan

1 entries
  • fa'amaulalo verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Spanish

3 entries
  • degradar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • humillar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • rebajar verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Welsh

2 entries
  • darostwng verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)
  • iselhau verb (to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He began to abase the man behind his back.

Source: tatoeba (3782810)

You cannot abase someone who has no shame.

Source: tatoeba (8860345)

You will never abase me, Tom.

Source: tatoeba (8980904)

I will abase myself, no matter how.

Source: tatoeba (9953196)

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