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Synonyms for abase
əˈbeɪsabase
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abaseverb
abaseverb
To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
Saying so, he abased his lance. - Thomas Shelton
abaseverb
To cast down or to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life or estimation of worthiness, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade.
Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. - Luke 14:11
English Synonyms and Antonyms
abase
Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.
Synonyms:
bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, reduce, sinkAntonyms:
advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1104 | lower | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#7229 | sink | |
#12155 | humble | |
#26615 | disgrace | |
#28860 | degrade | |
#36900 | discredit | |
#44943 | chagrin | |
#47721 | stoop | |
#47884 | depress | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#59800 | dishonor | |
#63083 | humiliate | |
#75926 | gangrene | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#86679 | demean | |
#162847 | debase | |
#205592 | abase | |
#219145 | mortify |
How to use abase in a sentence?
The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem to find refreshment in doing so... That is a dark frivolity, but still frivolity.
We hear much of a decent pride, a becoming proud, a noble pride, a laudable pride. Can that be decent, of which we ought to be ashamed? Can that be becoming, of which God has set forth the deformity? Can that be noble which God resists and is determined to abase? Can that be laudable, which God call abominable.
If these reports are true, then there is truly no bottom to President Trump's willingness to abuse President Trump power and abase our country. This behavior is particularly abhorrent because it exploits the foreign policy of our country and undermines our national security for political purposes. It means that President Trump used the power and resources of the United States to pressure a sovereign nation — a partner that is still under direct assault from Russia — pushing Ukraine to subvert the rule of law in the express hope of extracting a political favor, such clear-cut corruption damages and diminishes our institutions of government by making them tools of a personal political vendetta. At minimum, Donald Trump should immediately release the transcript of the call in question, so that the American people can judge for themselves, and direct the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to stop stonewalling and release the whistleblower notification to the Congress.
Translations for abase
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- ذلArabic
- унижа́вам, понижа́вамBulgarian
- ponížitCzech
- iselhau, darostwngWelsh
- ydmygeDanish
- erniedrigenGerman
- εξευτελίζωGreek
- rebajar, humillar, degradarSpanish
- nöyryyttää, alentaaFinnish
- humilier, rabaisser, abaisser, baisserFrench
- uiríslighIrish
- अपमानित करनाHindi
- abassarInterlingua
- abasarIdo
- niðurlægja, auðmýkjaIcelandic
- 貶めるJapanese
- 낮추다Korean
- пони́зуваMacedonian
- vernederenDutch
- fornedre, ydmykeNorwegian
- rebaixar, abaixar, abater, humilharPortuguese
- уни́зить, унижа́тьRussian
- 降卑Chinese
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