verb · transitive · rare

abase

abase · abases · abased · abasing

різати, рубати

унизить, унижать

erniedrigen

To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt…To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.

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/əˈbeɪs/

» You will never abase me, Tom.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
erniedrigen
унижа́тьunižátʹ, уни́зитьunízitʹ
(archaic, transitive)To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
to abase the eye
(obsolete, transitive)To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

More definitions

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Examples

5 sentences

You will never abase me, Tom.
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I will abase myself, no matter how.
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You cannot abase someone who has no shame.
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He began to abase the man behind his back.
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They find a secret delight in abasing themselves before men of violence.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings:

Origin

From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upse

From Late Middle English abaishen, abashen, abaisse, abassen, abesse, abessen (“to be upset; to embarrass; to surprise; to confound; to bend down, stoop; to abase, degrade, disgrace”), from Middle French abaisser, from Old French abaissier, abessier (“to prostrate oneself; to lower, reduce”) (also compare Old French esbahir (“to amaze”), Vulgar Latin abbassiāre (“to lower”)), from a- (prefix indicating movement towards something) (from Latin ad (“toward, to”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at, to”)) + baissier (“to lower”) (from Medieval Latin bassus (“short of stature, low; base”), possibly from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs, “foot; base, foundation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)).

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