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abased 1 of 2

adjective

as in degraded

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abased
  1. degraded
  2. humiliated
  3. discredited
  4. subordinate
  5. corrupted
  6. weakened
  7. debased
  8. poisoned
Adjective
  • Her organization supplies useful trees, restores degraded land while improving biodiversity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The hospital treats about 175 major pediatric spine cases per year, sparing patients from pain, and in some advanced cases, degraded lung function.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of degraded
Verb
  • But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of humiliated
Verb
  • The issue here is not with this project, which is building something artistic and beautiful, but with a broader, pro-AI tech culture that has discredited AI and its public image.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, the war on terror fueled an alarming rise in xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiment and discredited the country’s political and foreign policy elites.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of discredited
Adjective
  • Bucks encounter rivals, or even subordinate deer, and make scrapes in a sudden display of strength.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Johnson frequently uses his saxophone to control a sampler or drum machine, triggering changes in loops and effects, but the technology is ultimately subordinate to physical expression.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of subordinate
Verb
  • Obama and Biden were corrupted by donors who wanted cheap labor.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But, in Hagwon, Lee does not seem interested in the ways in which her diplomatic, kind, generous characters might be corrupted.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of corrupted
Verb
  • Whichever one remains standing will be wounded and weakened, and the human forces can then finish that monster off.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
  • From May through August, when technology weakened, other sectors stepped up, allowing RSP to continue higher and eventually reach the upside target from its own inverse head-and-shoulders pattern.
    — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • The bulk of these are in regions like Africa and South America, where governments have repeatedly debased national currencies, and prompted their citizens to seek out sturdier assets like Tether’s dollar and gold offerings instead.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Look at how much the city had debased this pilgrim in six months, a year.
    — David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of debased
Verb
  • The video cuts to Swift living out exactly what Johnson’s been living through, revealing that Farrell poisoned Swift, leading to her death.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
  • In her other case, Hogan has been accused of trying to falsify a paternity test in a custody battle with her ex-fiancé, who was not the same man who was allegedly poisoned.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of poisoned
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“Abased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abased. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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