abase (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *abase*:
VERB	emotion	abase, humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble	cause to feel shame

English > *abase*: 1 sense > verb 1, emotion
Meaning	Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble
Narrower	crush, smash	humiliate or depress completely
Narrower	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

HyperDic: abase