Word

abase, v.
(abased, abases, abasing)

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

abase chagrin humble humiliate mortify

sample sentences

"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

humiliation humiliation humiliation humiliation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mortification mortification

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

hyponym

crush, smash demean, take down, degrade, disgrace, put down