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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to act or behave in a way that humiliates or demeans;

e.g. To abase yourself in front of the judge is to basically admit your guilt.

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Similar Words

Bastardize

Canker

Chasten

Cheapen

Corrupt

Debase

Debauch

Degrade

Demean

Demoralize

Deprave

Deteriorate

Discolor

Discredit

Disgrace

Dishonor

Foul

Humble

Humiliate

Lessen

Lower

Pervert

Poison

Profane

Prostitute

Shame

Sink

Smirch

Smut

Subvert

Tar

Vitiate

Warp

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Opposite Words

Acclaim

Acknowledge

Advance

Aggrandize

Ameliorate

Amend

Applaud

Better

Boast

Boost

Canonize

Celebrate

Cheer

Cite

Clarify

Cleanse

Commend

Compliment

Congratulate

Decorate

Deify

Dignify

Elevate

Enhance

Ennoble

Enrich

Enshrine

Ensky

Enthrone

Eulogize

Exalt

Extol

Fete

Glorify

Habilitate

Hail

Highlight

Honor

Idealize

Improve

Laud

Lift

Magnify

Perfect

Praise

Promote

Purify

Raise

Reclaim

Recognize

Redeem

Refine

Reform

Regenerate

Rehabilitate

Respect

Restore

Romanticize

Salute

Sanitize

Spotlight

Tout

Upgrade

Uplift

Upstairs

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Related Words

Abash

Affront

Apple

Apple-polish

Asperse

Bad-mouth

Befoul

Begrime

Belittle

Blacken

Blemish

Bootlick

Break

Bribe

Brutalize

Bust

Buy

Buyer

Calumniate

Castigate

Censure

Condemn

Condescend

Confound

Confuse

Contaminate

Corrupt

Criticize

Damage

Damn

Darken

Decry

Deface

Defame

Defile

Degrade

Deign

Demote

Denounce

Depreciate

Descend

Destroy

Detract

Dilute

Diminish

Discomfit

Disconcert

Discount

Disgrace

Dishonor

Disparage

Downgrade

Embarrass

Execrate

Fawn

Faze

Flaw

Fluster

Fuss

Harm

Have

Humble

Humiliate

Hurt

Impair

Insult

Kowtow

Libel

Malign

Mar

Minimize

Mortify

Nonplus

Payoff

Poison

Pollute

Rattle

Reduce

Reprehend

Reprobate

Ridicule

Ruin

Shame

Slander

Smear

Spoil

Square

Stain

Stoop

Taint

Tarnish

Thin

Toady

Touch

Traduce

Truckle

Vilify

Vitiate

Weaken

Wreck

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Phrases

• fall from grace / fall from favor

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