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abasement::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | humiliation |
| Type of | degradation, debasement |
| Has types | comedown |
| Derivation | abase |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abjection, degradation |
| Type of | humiliation |
| Has types | decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degeneration, depth |
each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement.
Examples of abasement
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Yet nobody, foreign or Azeri, is sure how long such abasement will be necessary.
From the economist.com
I love that you point to the floor of the House as the scene of his abasement.
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It is a kind of ritual sacrifice of pop heroes, a small but formal self-abasement.
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Heplays Caleb in the show, a mysterious character who is locked in abasement.
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With his usual compulsive need for self-abasement, Mailer explains what had happened.
From the time.com
Fortunately, the Japanese government refused to permit such abasement.
From the bostonherald.com
Their weight sagas inevitably include self-abasement as a springboard to their new selves.
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Speaking of which, there's the monument to self-abasement, the self-proclaimed Ocho Cinco.
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So here we are, back in the dark vale of self-abasement that is presidential campaigning.
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- A low or downcast state; "each confession brought her into an attitude of abasement"- H.L.Menchken
- Humiliation: depriving one of self-esteem
- (abase) humiliate: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
- The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation
- (abase) To lower physically or depress; to stoop; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye; To cast down or to lower, as in rank, office, condition in life or estimation of worthiness, so as to hurt feelings or cause pain; to depress; to humiliate; to humble; to degrade
- (abased) Lowered; humbled; Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield
- (abase) to humiliate - 74 misses
- (Abase) is the base accuracy of the move (in percent - e.g. a base accuracy of 95 is counted as 0.95),
- (abase) niwean karna; baqadr karna; adhin karna; digauna; bepat te niwan karna; sharmindia karna; thitth karna.
