- abasement
- noun see abase
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
abasement
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Abasement — A*base ment ([.a]*b[=a]s ment), n. [Cf. F. abaissement.] The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abasement — index attaint, bad repute, degradation, deterioration, disgrace, dishonor (shame), disrepute, ignominy … Law dictionary
abasement — (n.) early 15c., embarrassment, dread, fear, from ABASE (Cf. abase) + MENT (Cf. ment). Sense of action of lowering in price is mid 15c.; action of lowering in rank is 1560s; condition of being abased is from 1610s … Etymology dictionary
abasement — [n] disgrace degradation, dishonor, downgrade, humiliation, shame; concept 388 … New thesaurus
abasement — Synonyms and related words: bump, bust, casting down, comedown, debasement, deflation, degradation, degrading, demotion, depluming, descent, disgrace, disgrading, displuming, downgrading, dump, embarrassment, hangdog look, humbled pride, humbling … Moby Thesaurus
abasement — n. 1. Depression, detrusion, reduction, lowering, fall, deterioration, degradation, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, vitiation, perversion, depravation. 2. Abjectness, abjection, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominy … New dictionary of synonyms
abasement — noun only a fiend delights in the abasement of his children Syn: humiliation, humbling, belittlement, lowering, degradation, debasement Ant: pride … Thesaurus of popular words
abasement — n 1. degradation, depravation, debasement, vitiation, deterioration, degeneration; devaluation, downfall, fall, descent, lowering, reduction, detrusion, depression; humiliation, humble pie, mortification, deflation; humility, humbleness, meekness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
abasement — abase ► VERB (abase oneself) ▪ behave in a way that lessens others respect for one. DERIVATIVES abasement noun. ORIGIN Old French abaissier to lower … English terms dictionary
abasement — noun 1. a low or downcast state (Freq. 1) each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement H.L.Menchken • Syn: ↑degradation, ↑abjection • Derivationally related forms: ↑degrade (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
