abasement

The word “abasement” has 3 syllables: a-base-ment

It's pronounced as /əˈbeɪsmənt/


What is synonym and antonym for abasement?

In the thesaurus, “abasement” has 14 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for abasement along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for abasement

  • bump
  • debasement
  • degradation
  • demotion
  • dishonor
  • dismissal
  • disrating
  • downgrade
  • firing
  • humiliation
  • layoff
  • reduction
  • sacking
  • shame

Antonyms for abasement

Meanings of abasement

  • noun
    1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
    2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

Example Sentences

  • The public apology was a moment of abasement for the politician.
  • In the face of defeat, he endured the abasement with dignity.
  • Her act of kindness prevented any sense of abasement during the difficult situation.
  • The employee's abasement was evident after the mistake was revealed.
  • The leader's decision to take responsibility showed a rare form of abasement in the political arena.

On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to abasement, such as: bump, debasement, degradation, demotion, dishonor, dismissal, disrating.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abjection

  • abasement
  • abjectness
  • affliction
  • agony
  • anguish
  • aridity
  • avarice
  • bankruptcy
  • barrenness
  • baseness
  • beastliness
  • beggary
  • blahs
  • bleakness
  • blue funk
  • bummer
  • cheerlessness
  • churlishness
  • closeness
  • contemptibleness
  • corruption
  • corruptness
  • covetousness
  • dearth
  • debasement
  • debauchery
  • debt
  • decadence
  • decadency
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • degeneracy
  • degenerateness
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • dejection
  • demoralization
  • depletion
  • depravity
  • depression
  • desolation
  • despair
  • desperation
  • despondency
  • destitution
  • difficulty
  • discomfort
  • disconsolation
  • discontent
  • discouragement
  • dispiritedness
  • disrepute
  • dissipatedness
  • dissipation
  • dissoluteness
  • distress
  • dole
  • dolefulness
  • dolor
  • downheartedness
  • dreariness
  • dullness
  • dumps
  • emptiness
  • ennui
  • evil
  • exiguity
  • famine
  • filth
  • frugality
  • gangrene
  • gloom
  • gloominess
  • greed
  • grief
  • hardship
  • heaviness of heart
  • heavyheartedness
  • hopelessness
  • ill temper
  • immorality
  • impecuniosity
  • impecuniousness
  • impoverishment
  • inadequacy
  • indigence
  • infamy
  • iniquity
  • insolvency
  • insufficiency
  • knavishness
  • lack
  • libertinage
  • libertinism
  • lowness
  • lugubriosity
  • malice
  • malignity
  • meagerness
  • melancholia
  • melancholy
  • miserliness
  • misery
  • mortification
  • necessitousness
  • necessity
  • need
  • neediness
  • pain
  • parsimony
  • pass
  • paucity
  • pauperism
  • pennilessness
  • penuriousness
  • penury
  • perversion
  • pervertedness
  • pettiness
  • pinch
  • poorness
  • privation
  • qualm
  • rakishness
  • rapacity
  • reduction
  • rot
  • sadness
  • scarcity
  • shamelessness
  • shortage
  • sinfulness
  • smallmindedness
  • sordidness
  • sorrow
  • squalor
  • starvation
  • stinginess
  • straits
  • suffering
  • the blues
  • torment
  • trouble
  • turpitude
  • underdevelopment
  • unhappiness
  • unkindness
  • unscrupulousness
  • unworthiness
  • vacancy
  • vapors
  • villainy
  • want
  • wickedness
  • woe
  • woefulness
  • worry

dark age

  • abasement
  • abatement
  • breakup
  • crumbling
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • depreciation
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • fall
  • falloff
  • havoc
  • lessening
  • loss
  • lowering
  • nadir
  • reduction
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • shrinkage
  • slip
  • slump
  • spoiling
  • sunset

dark ages

  • abasements
  • abatements
  • breakups
  • de-escalations
  • debasements
  • decadences
  • decays
  • decimations
  • declensions
  • declinations
  • declines
  • decompositions
  • decreases
  • decrements
  • deflations
  • degeneracies
  • degenerations
  • degradations
  • demolishments
  • demolitions
  • depreciations
  • descents
  • desolations
  • destructions
  • deteriorations
  • devolutions
  • diminishments
  • diminutions
  • dips
  • disintegrations
  • dissolutions
  • downfalls
  • downgrades
  • downslides
  • downtrends
  • downturns
  • drop-offs
  • drops
  • ebbs
  • eclipses
  • falloffs
  • falls
  • havoc
  • losses
  • nadirs
  • reductions
  • ruinations
  • ruins
  • sags
  • shrinkages
  • slips
  • slumps
  • sunsets

debasing

  • X-rated
  • abasement
  • abashing
  • abasing
  • abominable
  • abuse
  • adult
  • affronting
  • aspersive
  • atrocious
  • awkward
  • backbiting
  • bad name
  • bad odor
  • bad-mouthing
  • barbaric
  • baseness
  • bastardizing
  • bawdy
  • beastly
  • bedroom
  • befouling
  • begriming
  • belittling
  • beneath one
  • black eye
  • blemish
  • blemishing
  • blot
  • blur
  • brand
  • brazen
  • calumniatory
  • calumnious
  • cankering
  • castigating
  • censuring
  • chastening
  • cheapening
  • coarse
  • comedown
  • condemning
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • contaminating
  • contempt
  • contemptible
  • contemptuous
  • contumelious
  • contumely
  • corrupt
  • corrupting
  • corruption
  • criminal
  • criticizing
  • crude
  • crying down
  • culpability
  • damaging
  • damning
  • debasement
  • debauching
  • decrying
  • defacing
  • defamation
  • defamatory
  • defaming
  • defiling
  • degenerate
  • degradation
  • degrading
  • demeaning
  • demoralizing
  • denigrating
  • denouncing
  • depraving
  • deprecation
  • deprecatory
  • depreciating
  • depreciative
  • depreciatory
  • derision
  • derisive
  • derogative
  • derogatory
  • descending
  • despicable
  • despite
  • despiteful
  • destroying
  • deteriorating
  • detracting
  • detractive
  • detractory
  • difficult
  • diluting
  • diminishing
  • dirty
  • dirtying
  • disadvantageous
  • disagreeable
  • disapprobation
  • disapproval
  • disbarment
  • discomfiting
  • disconcerting
  • discountenancing
  • discounting
  • discredit
  • discrediting
  • disdain
  • disesteem
  • disfavor
  • disgrace
  • disgraceful
  • disgracing
  • dishonor
  • dishonoring
  • disparaging
  • disrepute
  • disrespect
  • disturbing
  • downgrading
  • dust
  • earthy
  • egregious
  • embarrassing
  • erotic
  • erotical
  • execrating
  • false
  • fazing
  • filthy
  • flagitious
  • flagrant
  • flawing
  • flustering
  • foul
  • fouling
  • gross
  • hard-core
  • harming
  • heinous
  • horrendous
  • horrible
  • humbling
  • humiliating
  • humiliation
  • hurting
  • ignoble
  • ignominy
  • ill repute
  • immodest
  • impairing
  • impossible
  • inconvenient
  • indecent
  • indecorous
  • inexpedient
  • infamous
  • infamy
  • infra indignitatem
  • ingloriousness
  • inhuman
  • iniquitous
  • injuring
  • injurious
  • insolent
  • insulting
  • intolerable
  • invective
  • invidious
  • irreverent
  • kinky
  • lascivious
  • lessening
  • lewd
  • libeling
  • libelling
  • loss of honor
  • lowering
  • lustful
  • malevolent
  • malicious
  • malign
  • malignant
  • maligning
  • marring
  • mature
  • meanness
  • minimizing
  • monstrous
  • mortifying
  • nasty
  • naughty
  • nefarious
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • notorious
  • obloquy
  • obscene
  • odious
  • odium
  • offending
  • offensive
  • opprobrious
  • opprobrium
  • pejorative
  • perverted
  • perverting
  • poisoning
  • polluting
  • pollution
  • pornographic
  • porny
  • profane
  • profaning
  • prostituting
  • prostitution
  • prurient
  • put down
  • putting down
  • racy
  • rattling
  • reprehending
  • reproach
  • reproaching
  • reprobating
  • reviling
  • ribald
  • ridiculing
  • rude
  • ruining
  • salacious
  • salty
  • sarcastic
  • scandal
  • scandalous
  • scorn
  • scurrilous
  • sexy
  • shadow
  • shame
  • shameless
  • shaming
  • shocking
  • sinful
  • sinking
  • slander
  • slandering
  • slight
  • slighting
  • slur
  • smirch
  • smirching
  • smutty
  • soft-core
  • spiteful
  • spoiling
  • spot
  • stain
  • staining
  • stigma
  • subverting
  • suggestive
  • taint
  • tainting
  • taking down
  • tarnish
  • tarnishing
  • thinning
  • traducing
  • troublesome
  • truculent
  • turpitude
  • unbearable
  • unbecoming
  • uncomfortable
  • uncomplimentary
  • ungodly
  • unpleasant
  • unprintable
  • unsettling
  • unspeakable
  • untrue
  • unwieldy
  • unworthy of one
  • venality
  • vile
  • vilifying
  • villainous
  • violent
  • vitiating
  • vitriolic
  • vituperative
  • vulgar
  • wanton
  • warping
  • watering down
  • weakening
  • wicked
  • wrecking
  • writing off

decadence

  • abasement
  • abatement
  • abjection
  • breakup
  • corruption
  • corruptness
  • crumbling
  • dark age
  • de-escalation
  • debasement
  • debauchery
  • decadency
  • decay
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degenerateness
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • demoralization
  • depravity
  • depreciation
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disintegration
  • dissipatedness
  • dissipation
  • dissoluteness
  • dissolution
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • drop
  • drop-off
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • evil
  • excess
  • fall
  • falloff
  • filth
  • gangrene
  • gluttony
  • havoc
  • immorality
  • incontinence
  • intemperance
  • lasciviousness
  • lechery
  • lessening
  • lewdness
  • libertinage
  • libertinism
  • licentiousness
  • loss
  • lowering
  • nadir
  • perversion
  • pervertedness
  • rakishness
  • reduction
  • regression
  • rot
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • sensuality
  • shrinkage
  • sinfulness
  • slip
  • slump
  • spoiling
  • squalor
  • sunset
  • sybaritism
  • turpitude
  • villainy
  • wickedness

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