abasing
Lowering one's status
Abasing is the present participle of abase, meaning to lower in status, prestige, or self-respect.
Someone abasing themselves before authority is acting submissively or degradingly: He refused to keep abasing himself before his critics.
The word suggests humiliation, whether self-inflicted or imposed by others.
Cause painful shame
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- embarrassCause social discomfort
- disgraceLoss of honor
dishonor · demoralize · chagrin · discomfit · deflate · crush · abashment · degradation
Readily yielding to control
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- deferentialShowing humble submission
meek · compliant · yielding · prostrate · genuflecting · supplicating · kowtow · grovel
humiliate
Cause painful shame
disgrace · dishonor · demoralize · chagrin · discomfit · deflate · crush · abashment · degradation · indignity
submissive
Readily yielding to control
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
- subservientExcessively eager to obey
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
deferential · meek · compliant · yielding · prostrate · genuflecting · supplicating · kowtow · grovel · fawning
demean
Lower in standing
belittle · disparage · denigrate · depreciate · cheapen · reduce · downgrade · demote · devalue · vitiate
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
mockery · ridicule · insult · disrespect · revile · vilify · stigmatize · slander · defame · discredit
abasingelevating
Lifting to higher level
exalting · honoring · dignifying · glorifying · ennobling
abasingpromoting
Actively supporting or furthering
advancing · raising · empowering · enthroning · crowning
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