abase
The word “abase” has 1 syllable: abase
It's pronounced as /əˈbeɪs/
What is synonym and antonym for abase?
In the thesaurus, “abase” has 99 synonyms and 70 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for abase along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for abase
- abash
- affront
- bad-mouth
- bastardize
- befoul
- begrime
- belittle
- blemish
- canker
- castigate
- censure
- chasten
- cheapen
- condemn
- confound
- confuse
- contaminate
- corrupt
- criticize
- cry down
- damage
- damn
- debase
- debauch
- decry
- deface
- defame
- defile
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- denounce
- deprave
- depreciate
- descend
- destroy
- deteriorate
- detract
- dilute
- diminish
- dirty
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discount
- discountenance
- discredit
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- downgrade
- embarrass
- execrate
- faze
- flaw
- fluster
- foul
- harm
- humble
- humiliate
- hurt
- impair
- insult
- lessen
- libel
- lower
- malign
- mar
- minimize
- mortify
- nonplus
- pervert
- poison
- pollute
- profane
- prostitute
- put down
- rattle
- reduce
- reprehend
- reprobate
- ridicule
- ruin
- shame
- sink
- slander
- smirch
- spoil
- stain
- subvert
- taint
- take down
- tarnish
- thin
- vitiate
- warp
- water down
- weaken
- wreck
- write off
Antonyms for abase
- acclaim
- acknowledge
- advance
- aggrandize
- ameliorate
- amend
- applaud
- better
- boast
- boost
- build up
- canonize
- celebrate
- cheer
- cherish
- cite
- clarify
- clean
- cleanse
- commend
- compliment
- congratulate
- decorate
- deify
- dignify
- elevate
- enhance
- ennoble
- enrich
- enshrine
- ensky
- enthrone
- esteem
- eulogize
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- extol
- extoll
- fete
- flatter
- glorify
- grow
- hail
- highlight
- honor
- idealize
- improve
- increase
- laud
- lift
- magnify
- meliorate
- perfect
- play up
- praise
- promote
- purify
- raise
- recognize
- refine
- respect
- restore
- romanticize
- salute
- spotlight
- tout
- upgrade
- uplift
- value
Meanings of abase
- verb
- To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
Example Sentences
- He refused to abase himself by compromising his integrity for personal gain.
- The leader's humility did not mean he would abase the authority vested in him.
- It is essential to build a society that does not abase individuals based on their background or identity.
- She chose to gracefully accept criticism without allowing it to abase her self-esteem.
- The teacher encouraged students to ask questions without fear of being abased for not knowing the answer.
On this page you'll find 169 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abase, such as: abash, acclaim, acknowledge, advance, affront, aggrandize, ameliorate.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
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- disapprobation
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- hiss
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- humble
- inattention
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- jawbone
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- judge
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- keelhaul
- kick
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- lambast
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- lash
- lay into
- lay on
- lecture
- lesson
- let have it
- libel
- malign
- mistreat
- mock
- monish
- mudsling
- name
- neglect
- nit-picking
- nix
- notice
- objection
- objurgate
- opprobrium
- ostracism
- pan
- panning
- pass sentence on
- penalize
- pin it on
- point finger at
- pronounce
- proscribe
- punish
- put a whammy on
- put away
- put down
- put-down
- quibble
- rag
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- rail at
- rake
- rake over the coals
- rap
- rap on knuckles
- rate
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- rejection
- reprehend
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- reproach
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- reproof
- reprove
- restrain
- revile
- ridicule
- rip up
- roast
- run down
- scoff
- scold
- scorch
- score
- scorn
- scourge
- send up
- send up the river
- sentence
- sit on
- skin
- skin alive
- slam
- slander
- slap
- slap in the face
- slap on the wrist
- slap on wrist
- slur
- smear
- snub
- soften
- speak ill of
- speak to
- static
- stricture
- subdue
- swipe
- take down
- take down a peg
- take to task
- talk to
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- tear into
- tell a thing or two
- tell off
- thumbs down on
- thumbs-down
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- tongue-lash
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- trim
- try
- upbraid
- vitriol
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- voodoo
- warn
- zapper
- zing
canker
- Cancer
- abase
- abomination
- anathema
- animalize
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- bestialize
- blemish
- blight
- blister
- boil
- cancer
- cheapen
- consume
- contaminate
- corrode
- corrosion
- corrupt
- corruption
- damage
- darkness
- debase
- debauch
- debauchery
- decay
- deface
- defile
- degeneracy
- degrade
- demean
- demoralize
- deprave
- depravedness
- depravity
- depreciate
- descend
- destroy
- deteriorate
- devilishness
- devilry
- deviltry
- diabolism
- dilute
- dirty
- disgrace
- dishonor
- downgrade
- embitter
- enormity
- envenom
- evil
- evildoing
- evilness
- fiendishness
- flaw
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- heinousness
- humble
- humiliate
- hurt
- ill
- immorality
- impair
- indecency
- inflict
- iniquitousness
- iniquity
- lesion
- lessen
- malefaction
- mar
- perversion
- pervert
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- poison
- pollute
- profane
- prostitute
- rot
- ruin
- satanism
- scourge
- scurrility
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- shame
- sin
- sinfulness
- smutch
- sore
- spoil
- squalor
- stain
- subvert
- taboo
- tabu
- taint
- take down
- tarnish
- thin
- ulcer
- vileness
- villainy
- vitiate
- warp
- water down
- weaken
- wickedness
- wreck
- wrong