| VERB | emotion | abase, humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble | cause to feel shame |
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| Meaning | Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble | |
| Narrower | crush, smash | humiliate or depress completely |
| take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down | Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | |
| Broader | hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite | hurt the feelings of |
| Spanish | apocar, degradar, despreciar, humillar, mortificar | |
| Catalan | apocar, humiliar, menysprear, mortificar | |
| Nouns | abasement | depriving one of self-esteem |
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