abaseverb
uk/əˈbeɪs/us/əˈbeɪs/formalabase yourself
to make yourself seem to be less important or to not deserve respect
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Humiliating and degrading
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- compromise
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate
- degradation
- degrade
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from grace idiom
- forget
- grubby
- indignity
- knock
- knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
- knock sb off their pedestal
- lower your sights idiom
- peg
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abasement
noun [ U ] uk/əˈbeɪs.mənt/us/əˈbeɪs.mənt/
The pilgrims knelt in self-abasement.