ABASE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they abase ... he / she / it abases

Past simple: abased

Past participle: abased

-ing form: abasing

Meaning:

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Example:

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

Synonyms:

abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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; 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

Derivation:

abasement (depriving one of self-esteem)