what does abase mean?
ABASE as VERB
- Meaning
- cause to feel shame
- hurt the pride of
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Usage Example(s)
- He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Hypernyms(s) abase is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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