abased
Stripped of dignity
Abased is the past tense of abase, meaning to lower in status, prestige, or dignity.
Someone who has been abased has been humiliated or degraded: He abased himself before the king.
The word often appears reflexively—people abase themselves by acting in ways that diminish their standing or self-respect.
Intensely embarrassed
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
chagrined · degraded · demeaned · belittled · debased · stigmatized · ridiculed · mocked
Excessively eager to obey
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
- coweringShrinking in fear
deferential · meek · prostrate · kowtowing · bowing · kneeling · supplicant · fawning
Loss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- degradationDecline in condition
- ignominyState of dishonor
mortification · indignity · loss of face · reproach · stigma · infamy · disrepute · discredit
mortified
Intensely embarrassed
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
embarrassed · chagrined · degraded · demeaned · belittled · debased · stigmatized · ridiculed · mocked · discredited
subservient
Excessively eager to obey
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- grovelingDemeaning self-abasement before another
cowering · deferential · meek · prostrate · kowtowing · bowing · kneeling · supplicant · fawning · sycophantic
disgrace
Loss of honor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- degradationDecline in condition
ignominy · mortification · indignity · loss of face · reproach · stigma · infamy · disrepute · discredit · shame
- grovelingfawned, kowtowed, prostrated, bootlicked, toadied