Synonyms of abasing

abasing

verb

present participle of abase

1

as in degrading

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

• degrading
• humiliating
• debasing
• subverting
• corrupting
• weakening
• debauching
• poisoning
• destroying
• deteriorating
• perverting
• prostituting
• disgracing
• diluting
• depraving
• demeaning
• damaging
• profaning
• lessening
• ruining
• vitiating
• marring
• polluting
• cheapening
• demoralizing
• bastardizing
• shaming
• humbling
• warping
• tainting
• hurting
• contaminating
• cankering
• dirtying
• harming
• impairing
• defiling
• thinning
• wrecking
• dishonoring
• spoiling
• descending
• tarnishing
• befouling
• staining
• defacing
• watering down
• begriming
• depreciating
• taking down
• downgrading
• blemishing
• flawing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• uplifting
• improving
• exalting
• honoring
• ennobling
• enhancing
• amending
• ameliorating
• enriching
• dignifying
• bettering
• perfecting
• respecting
• restoring
• cleaning
• purifying
• clarifying
• cleansing
• refining
• meliorating

2

as in humiliating

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

• humiliating
• discrediting
• disgracing
• degrading
• embarrassing
• humbling
• shaming
• debasing
• dishonoring
• insulting
• demeaning
• chastening
• rattling
• lowering
• cheapening
• confusing
• fouling
• taking down
• criticizing
• ridiculing
• diminishing
• sinking
• mortifying
• belittling
• smirching
• minimizing
• disparaging
• slandering
• castigating
• libelling
• affronting
• discountenancing
• disconcerting
• abashing
• detracting
• maligning
• condemning
• depreciating
• discomfiting
• defaming
• defiling
• discounting
• flustering
• libeling
• confounding
• decrying
• denouncing
• execrating
• censuring
• writing off
• fazing
• reprobating
• crying down
• nonplusing
• nonplussing
• damning
• bad-mouthing
• putting down
• reprehending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• exalting
• aggrandizing
• praising
• deifying
• boasting
• commending
• citing
• recognizing
• honoring
• acknowledging
• celebrating
• cheering
• saluting
• congratulating
• applauding
• canonizing
• acclaiming
• extolling
• decorating
• hailing
• lauding
• complimenting
• eulogizing
• touting
• highlighting
• dignifying
• promoting
• enthroning
• ennobling
• lifting
• glorifying
• raising
• feting
• advancing
• magnifying
• spotlighting
• enshrining
• playing up
• fêting
• uplifting
• upgrading
• boosting
• idealizing
• romanticizing
• enskying