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v. degrade, humiliate, belittle | ||||
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Abasing Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abasing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abase
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Abase
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Verb
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish
(derivation) humiliation, abasement
Verb
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish
(derivation) humiliation, abasement