abasement
1
8.9
- noun
- /əˈbeɪsmənt/
- Formal
:
humillación
- After years of self-abasement, she finally decided to stand up for herself.
- self-abasement
So he says that this utterance is his confession is not an abasement, right?
- So he says that this utterance is his confession is not an abasement, right?
Examples
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It was an aimless search, rife with conflict and self-abasement.
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The fear of physical pain... drove him to that grotesque act of self-abasement.
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ln our world, there will only be triumph and self-abasement.
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"I have nothing to gain, much to lose, by self-abasement," Ghrul-Captain knew.
Fiction book (2001) -
She bowed to the driver and made a gesture of abasement with her head and arms.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sensing it, knowing it, she knew that its depth would also be the depth of her self-abasement.
Fiction book (1993) -
Apparently, Carlyle never returned to his private outpouring of grief and self-abasement.
Academic text (2001) -
In it, she takes all the blame, grovels in self-abasement for not staying the course, and regrets all the emotional carnage she has caused.
Fiction book (1999) -
Beginning with their earliest encounters with whites, the Choctaws used language both of self-abasement and of praise for those they were entreating.
Academic text (1999) -
In the one incident of domestic abuse that Morrison dramatizes, the family dynamic of Ruth's self-abasement countered with Macon's violence is clearly elucidated.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
148
4.2
A feeling of shame and loss of respect for yourself after being made to look foolish
35
5.1
Shame and loss of respect after bad actions
27
6.8
An act that makes someone feel ashamed and lose self-respect
16
6.3
A state when someone feels ashamed and loses respect from others
3
7.5
Making a person or thing less respected and less valued
3
8.4
Treating a person as shameful so others avoid or blame them
2
8.6
A strong feeling of shame or deep embarrassment
2
9.3
Shame and loss of respect felt by many people
1
9.9
A feeling of being very low, ashamed, and rejected by others
The state of deserving public shame because of wrong actions
Causing someone to feel ashamed or embarrassed in front of other people
An insult that harms someone's reputation or dignity
Extreme humbleness that makes a person show no pride and obey others
A sudden feeling of embarrassment when people look at you
Antonyms
Compounds
How Humiliated
- Offensive
148
4.2
- Formal
1
8.9
2
8.6
219
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word abasement comes from the verb abase plus the ending -ment; abase originally meant 'to make low' and comes from a root that means 'low', the same idea you see in bass (a low voice). So abasement is literally the act of being made low in rank or feeling humiliated.