Synonyms of abased

abased 1 of 2

adjective

as in degraded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degraded
• subordinate
• ordinary
• plain
• bastard
• junior
• illegitimate
• humble
• lowly
• inferior
• ignoble
• knavish
• lower-class
• plebeian
• baseborn
• common
• mean
• low
• ungenteel
• nonaristocratic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noble
• great
• aristocratic
• highborn
• gentle
• upper-class
• patrician
• grand
• genteel
• upper-crust
• high
• superior
• lofty
• exalted
• highbred
• silk-stocking
• wellborn
• elevated
• blue-blooded
• ennobled

abased

2 of 2

verb

past tense of abase

1

as in humiliated

to lower in character, dignity, or quality

was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• degraded
• humiliated
• corrupted
• weakened
• debased
• poisoned
• deteriorated
• depraved
• perverted
• demeaned
• subverted
• diluted
• disgraced
• destroyed
• prostituted
• humbled
• debauched
• shamed
• lessened
• ruined
• damaged
• cankered
• demoralized
• vitiated
• profaned
• cheapened
• polluted
• tainted
• marred
• bastardized
• warped
• contaminated
• thinned
• hurt
• impaired
• defiled
• harmed
• wrecked
• dishonored
• spoiled
• begrimed
• spoilt
• watered down
• stained
• dirtied
• tarnished
• flawed
• befouled
• defaced
• descended
• depreciated
• took down
• downgraded
• blemished

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevated
• uplifted
• exalted
• honored
• improved
• dignified
• ennobled
• amended
• enriched
• enhanced
• perfected
• ameliorated
• refined
• purified
• bettered
• restored
• cleaned
• cleansed
• respected
• clarified
• meliorated

2

as in discredited

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes

I certainly don't abase myself when I do good, honest manual labor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliated
• discredited
• humbled
• embarrassed
• shamed
• disgraced
• degraded
• debased
• confused
• demeaned
• chastened
• dishonored
• insulted
• rattled
• smirched
• cheapened
• lowered
• abashed
• diminished
• fouled
• criticized
• took down
• mortified
• ridiculed
• sunk
• disconcerted
• discomfited
• flustered
• minimized
• belittled
• disparaged
• sank
• confounded
• nonplussed
• nonplused
• discountenanced
• fazed
• slandered
• maligned
• depreciated
• condemned
• affronted
• discounted
• defiled
• detracted
• defamed
• libelled
• libeled
• castigated
• decried
• execrated
• denounced
• censured
• wrote off
• damned
• reprehended
• cried down
• reprobated
• put down
• bad-mouthed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exalted
• elevated
• honored
• deified
• recognized
• cited
• cheered
• decorated
• praised
• applauded
• acknowledged
• canonized
• celebrated
• saluted
• commended
• boasted
• extolled
• feted
• congratulated
• complimented
• lauded
• aggrandized
• acclaimed
• hailed
• eulogized
• touted
• ennobled
• highlighted
• dignified
• enthroned
• magnified
• fêted
• promoted
• glorified
• lifted
• advanced
• enshrined
• raised
• uplifted
• spotlighted
• played up
• upgraded
• boosted
• idealized
• spotlit
• romanticized
• enskied