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ABASE

Dictionary entry overview: What does abase mean?

• ABASE (verb)
The verb ABASE has 1 sense:

1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Familiarity information: ABASE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ABASE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

abase; chagrin; humiliate; humble; mortify

Context example:

He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

Hypernyms (to "abase" is one way to...):

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "abase"):

crush; demolish; smash (humiliate or depress completely)

degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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