abased

Meanings

• adjective

  1. Deprived of dignity, honor, or self-respect; humiliated.

  - "The nobleman was abased by his enemies."
  - "After losing the election, the candidate felt abased and disheartened."

• verb transitive

  2. To bring down from a higher to a lower position; humiliate.

  - "The king abased his enemy in front of his court."
  - "She abased herself before her elders."

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Antonyms

aggrandise , dignify , elevate , exalt , extol , honor , promote , raise , uplift

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Synonyms

downgrade , bring down , lower , reduce , degrade , demean , depress , discredit , disgrace , dishonor , humble , humiliate , sink

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with abased
abased , abate , abatement , abates , aphasia , bases , basest , basilisk , caste , waste

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Variants

List of all variants of abased that leads to same result
abase , abased , abasement , abasements , abases , abasing

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Etymology

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Old French abasser 'to humble, lower', from a 'away' + bas 'low'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'abased' is often used in legal contexts to describe a party's submission or acknowledgment of another party's superiority or authority.

2. In chemistry, the term 'abased' is used to describe a substance that has undergone a chemical reaction and lost some of its original components.

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Related Concepts

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1. humiliation: A feeling of shame or embarrassment, often as a result of being publicly ridiculed or disgraced.

2. dignity: The quality of being worthy of honor or respect.

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Culture

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In literature, 'abased' is often used to describe characters who have been humiliated or brought down from a position of power or dignity. For example, in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth's character undergoes a significant abasement as she descends into madness and guilt.

How to Memorize "abased"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone being brought down from a high position, such as a king or a nobleman, and feeling humiliated and ashamed.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'abased' with feelings of shame, embarrassment, and humiliation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the first letter of each definition: 'Able Bodied And Shamed Everyday' (Able: Adjective, Bodied: Noun, And: Preposition, Shamed: Verb, Everyday: Adverb'.

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