Abase

Definition: Abase

Abase

Verb

1. Lower in esteem; hurt the pride of.

Date "abase" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Abase

Synonyms: chagrin (v), humble (v), humiliate (v), mortify (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Depression	Verb: depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg; cast; let drop, let fall; sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate.
Humility	Render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Abase

English words defined with "abase": A-, Abased, Abasing, Avale, Avile ♦ To bring down, To depress the pole, To take down. (references)

Specialty definitions using "abase": FOREORDINATION. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	FOREORDINATION, n. This looks like an easy word to define, but when I consider that pious and learned theologians have spent long lives in explaining it, and written libraries to explain their explanations; when I remember the nations have been divided and bloody battles caused by the difference between foreordination and predestination, and that millions of treasure have been expended in the effort to prove and disprove its compatibility with freedom of the will and the efficacy of prayer, praise, and a religious life, -- recalling these awful facts in the history of the word, I stand appalled before the mighty problem of its signification, abase my spiritual eyes, fearing to contemplate its portentous magnitude, reverently uncover and humbly refer it to His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons and His Grace Bishop Potter.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Abase" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Abase" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	60%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	40%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

Expression using "abase": abase oneself. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "abase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		verneder. (various references)

Albanian		ul (cast down, cheapen, couch, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, furl, humble, incline, keep down, knock off, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subdue, subside, throw, turn down, untuck), poshtëroj (demean, humble, humiliate, let down, lower, mortify, vituperate, wipe the floor with). (various references)

Arabic		‏حقر (blackguard, despise, insult, pig, put down, revile), ‏ذل (be low, debase, degradation, demean, humble, humbleness, humiliate, ignominy, let down, lowness, mortify, prostration). (various references)

Bulgarian		унижавам (bring down, condescend, debase, degrade, demean, disgrace, gall, humble, humiliate, lour, lower, mortify, prostrate, put down, sink), понижавам (abate, degrade, demote, disgrace, flatten, impair, lower, reduce, relegate, sing flat, whittle away), деградирам (break, degrade, stoop). (various references)

Chinese		降低 (Abased, Abasing, Bated, Bating). (various references)

Czech		ponížit (debase, degrade, humble, humiliate, tame). (various references)

Dutch		verootmoedigen, vernederen, kleinmaken. (various references)

Esperanto		malrespektigi, malaltigi (decrease, lower), humiligi. (various references)

Farsi		پست کردن (Abject, Debase, Degrade, Demean, Disparage, Disrate, Humble, Humiliate, Mortify, Post), کم ارزش کردن (Belittle, Debunk), تحقیرنمودن (Belittle). (various references)

French		humilier, abaisser (abate, abbreviate, abridge). (various references)

Frisian		fernederje, ôfslaan (abate, aberrate, decrease, discount, lower, rebate, reduce the price, reject, turn). (various references)

German		erniedrigen (abate, decrease, degrade, flat, flatten, humble, humiliate, lower, to abase, to humiliate, vulgarize). (various references)

Greek		ταπεινώνω (depress, humble, humiliate, lower, make humble, mortify). (various references)

Hebrew		ל�"ורי�" ב�"ר�'�" (degrade, demote, downgrade), ל�"שפיל (debase, degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, snub), לבזות (blackguard, degrade, despise, scorn). (various references)

Hungarian		megaláz (abject, humble, humiliate, to abase, to abject, to humble, to humiliate, to keelhaul, to lower, to put down, to slight). (various references)

Icelandic		auðmýkja, niðurlægja (abate, decrease, lower). (various references)

Indonesian		menghinakan. (various references)

Italian		degradare (abandon ship, debase, degrade, degrade oneself, demote, depreciate, derate, deteriorate, downgrade, reduce). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		卑しめる (to abase, to despise). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いやしめる (to abase, to despise). (various references)

Pig Latin		abaseay.(various references)

Portuguese		rebaixar (banalize, belittle, bemean, bust, crab, debase, decry, degrade, demean, demote, denigrate, depreciate, diminish, disparagement, flank, humble, humiliated, lower, mark down, put down, skiver, undercut, vilipend, vulgarize), humilhar (abash, bemean, cast down, cheapen, demean, depress, humble, humiliate, let down, louse, lower, mortify, prostrate). (various references)

Romanian		umili (abash, bear down, humble, humiliate, mortify, snub, stoop, submit, take down), înjosi (debase, degrade, humble, humiliate, mortify, stoop). (various references)

Russian		унижать (degrade, demean, depreciate, humiliate, lower, mortify), понижать (degrade, demote, drop, lower, reduce). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		uniziti (humiliate), poniziti (debase, degrade, demean, downgrade, humble, humiliate, mortify). (various references)

Spanish		humillar (abash, derogate, humble, humiliate, lay low, lower, mortify, pull down, put down). (various references)

Swedish		förnedra (debase, degrade, humble, humiliate), förödmjuka (do down, humble, humiliate, mortify). (various references)

Turkish		aşağılamak (belittle, give smb. the wall, humiliate, insult, pooh pooh, scorn, take down, talk down), küçültmek (belittle, decrease, derogate, diminish, dispraise, lessen, lower, make smaller, miniaturize, minify, minimize, reduce, shrink), küçük düşürmek (affront, bring into contempt, debase, degrade, depreciate, detract, disparage, give affront to, give smb. the wall, humiliate, lessen, lower, make smb. feel small, run down, score smb. off, snub, stigmatize, stultify, take smb. down a peg). (various references)

Welsh		iselhau (degrade, lower), gostwng (abate, bow, humble, lower, put down, reduce), darostwng (humble, humiliate, lower, subdue, subject). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	deminuere, deprimere, humilia, humiliabam, humiliaberis, humiliabis, humiliabit, humiliabitur, humiliabo, humiliabuntur, humiliamini, humiliando, humilians, humiliant, humiliantis, humiliare, humiliarer, humiliaret, humiliari, humiliassem, humiliasti, humiliat, humiliata, humiliati, humiliatique, humiliato, humiliatum, humiliatus, humiliatusque, humiliaverat, humiliaverit, humiliaverunt, humiliavi, humiliavimus, humiliavit, humiliemus, humilieris, humiliet, humilietis, humilior. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	� bassier. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Job Chapter 40, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Eti de upolabwn o kurioV eipen tw iwb ek tou nefouV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Disperge superbos furore tuo et respiciens omnem arrogantem humilia
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Scatere proude men in thi wodnesse, and beholdende eche enhaunsende hymself meke thou.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	\40:11\Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Job Chapter 40, Verse 6
Albanian	Atëherë Zoti iu përgjigj Jobit në mes të furtunës dhe i tha:
Bulgarian	Тогава �"оспод отговори на Иова из бурята, като каза:
Cebuano	¶ Unya gikan sa alimpulos, si Jehova mitubag kang Job, ug miingon:
Chinese	於是耶 �'� 華從旋風中回 �" 約伯、說、
Croatian	Nato Jahve odgovori Jobu iz oluje i reèe:
Danish	Udgyd din Vredes Strømme, slå de stolte ned med et Blik,
Dutch	(40:1) En de HEERE antwoordde Job uit een onweder, en zeide:
Finnish	Anna vihasi kiivastuksen purkautua, ja masenna katseellasi kaikki ylpeät.
French	(40:1) L`Éternel répondit � Job du milieu de la tempête et dit:
German	Und der HERR antwortete Hiob aus dem Wetter und sprach:
Haitian Creole	¶ Seyè a rete nan van tanpèt la, li pale ak Jòb ankò. Li di l':
Hungarian	Öntsd ki haragodnak tüzét, és láss meg minden kevélyt és alázd meg õket!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Lalu, dari dalam badai TUHAN berbicara lagi kepada Ayub.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Hamburkanlah olehmu kehangatan amarahmu! barangsiapa yang kaulihat tinggi-tinggi itu, rendahkanlah dia.
Italian	Allora il Signore rispose a Giobbe di mezzo al turbine e disse:
Korean	어 찌 어 부 의 떼 가 그 것 으 로 상 �'� 을 삼 아 상 � �"� 가 운 데 나 눌 수 있 � 느 냐 ?
Maori	¶ Katahi ka whakahokia mai e Ihowa ki a Hopa i roto i te tukauati, ka mea,
Norwegian	La din vrede strømme frem og se på alle overmodige og ydmyk dem!
Portuguese	Então, do meio do redemoinho, o Senhor respondeu a Jó:
Rumanian	Domnul a rqspuns lui Iov din mijlocul furtunii, wi a zis:
Russian	(40-1) й ПФЧЕЮБМ зПУ� П�"Ш йПЧХ ЙЪ �'ХТЙ Й УЛБЪБМ:
Spanish	Entonces Jehovah respondió a Job desde el torbellino y dijo:
Swedish	Gjut ut din vredes förgrymmelse, ödmjuka med en blick allt vad högt är.
Thai	แล้วพระเยโฮวาห์ทรงตอบโยบออกมาจากลมบ้าหมูว่า
Ukrainian	¶ І відповів �"осподь Йову із бурі й сказав:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "abase": abased, abasedly, abasement, abasements, abaser, abasers, abases. (additional references)
	Words ending with "abase": database, diabase. (additional references)
	Words containing "abase": anabases, databases, diabases. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Abase" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aaise, aasd, Aase, abace, abade, abadeh, abae, abale, abane, Abare, Abarew, abas, abasa, abaset, Abasic, abasr, abass, abast, Abaza, Abazah, Abazi, abbas, Abbassy, Abbazia, abdabs, Abebe, abos, abose, abraze, absat, Absey, Absu, abusee, abyse, acase, acaze, Afaese, afase, agasse, Ajazi, amasa, amase, Ambasz, Ambesi, anase, Arasse, araze, arbas, avace, avase, Azazel, babassu, bagasse, cabasa, Embase, ma'ase. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-s"
	-1 letter: abas, asea, baas, base, sabe.
	-2 letters: aas, aba, abs, baa, bas, sab, sae, sea.
	-3 letters: aa, ab, ae, as, ba, be, es.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-s"
	+1 letter: abased, abaser, abases, abates, amebas, baases, seabag.
	+2 letters: abasers, abashed, abashes, abaters, abelias, ablates, abrades, abreast, ambages, ambsace, amoebas, arabesk, arables, aubades, babesia, bagasse, balases, baseman, diabase, salable, sambaed, savable, sayable, seabags, subarea, zarebas.
	+3 letters: abacuses, abalones, abasedly, abatises, abbacies, abettals, abraders, abrasive, abreacts, abusable, algebras, ambaries, ambsaces, amusable, anabases, anableps, antbears, arabesks, arabizes, arbalest, babesias, backseat, badassed, badasses, bagasses, baggages, balances, ballades, balsamed, bandages, bandeaus, banjaxes, baresark, barrages, barwares, basaltes, baseball, beadsman, beanbags, bearcats, bemadams, berascal, blastema, brassage, cabarets, cabbages, cabresta, cascabel, cascable, cashable, castable, causable, database, diabases, eatables, erasable, fleabags, gambades, garbages, gazaboes, ikebanas, jellabas, kielbasa, labiates, lambaste, lapsable, lavaboes, leasable, maskable, megabars, parables, parsable, passable, payables, prebasal, raisable, ratsbane, sabotage, sailable, saleable, saleably, salvable, satiable, saveable, scalable, seabeach, seaboard, sealable, shakable, shamable, shapable, sharable, shavable, slakable, sparable, statable, subareas, swayable, tabarets, tableaus, tastable, taxables, usquabae, wannabes, washable, wastable, zareebas.
	+4 letters: abamperes, abasement, abashment, abattises, abdicates, aberrants, abeyances, abidances, ablatives, ablegates, abnegates, aboideaus, aboiteaus, abrasives, abrogates, abscissae, abstained, abstainer, acerbates, adsorbate, advisable, alabaster, albacores, alphabets, amberinas, ambiances, ambulates, ambuscade, amebiases, amebiasis, anabaenas, anaerobes, arabesque, arabinose, arbalests, ascorbate, assumable, astrolabe, aubretias, aubrietas, backaches, backbeats, backdates, backseats, backspace, backstage, bacterias, badinages, bakemeats, balancers, baldheads, baldpates, ballasted, ballgames, ballistae, banalizes, bandagers, baratheas, bareboats, baresarks, barnacles, baronages, barraters, baseballs, baseboard, basilicae, basipetal, bastinade, bayadeers, bayaderes, beanballs, beanstalk, berascals, betrayals, bigarades, blastemal, blastemas, blastulae, braincase, brakeages, brassages, bravadoes, breakages, breakfast, broadaxes, cableways, cabotages, cabrestas, cabrettas, calaboose, capablest, carabines, cascabels, cascables, clambakes, crabmeats, dahabeahs, dahabiehs, databases, daybreaks, deadbeats, djellabas, embarrass, embassage, endamebas, entamebas, flambeaus, fleabanes, frambesia, galabiehs, gambadoes, graspable, habaneras, halfbeaks, headbands, kielbasas, lambasted, lambastes, leaseback, makebates, mangabeys, mangabies, meatballs, palpebras, ratsbanes, resalable, sabotaged, sabotages, saddlebag, sarabande, sassabies, saturable, sauceboat, scannable, scarabaei, seaboards, separable, shakeable, shapeable, shareable, sleazebag, spaceband, spallable, sparables, spareable, speakable, stableman, stackable, stageable, stainable, stateable, stealable, steamboat, subaerial, sweatband, tabulates, teaboards, unabashed, unsalable, unsayable, usquabaes, valuables, vambraces, variables, wallabies, washables, wavebands, wearables, zabaiones, zabajones.
	+5 letters: abandoners, abasements, abashments, abatements, aberrances, abeyancies, abnegators, abominates, abrasively, absorbable, absorbance, abstainers, abstracted, abstracter, abundances, adjustable, adsorbable, adsorbates, adumbrates, adverbials, aerobatics, aerobrakes, alabasters, algebraist, amberjacks, ambisexual, ambulances, ambuscaded, ambuscader, ambuscades, ameloblast, amoebiases, amoebiasis, anablepses, answerable, antirabies, appeasable, approbates, arabesques, arabicizes, arabinoses, arbitrages, arbitrates, ascendable, ascorbates, ascribable, assailable, assemblage, assessable, assignable, astrolabes, bacchantes, backlashed, backlasher, backlashes, backpedals, backspaced, backspaces, backwashed, backwashes, backwaters, bafflegabs, bagatelles, balderdash, balkanizes, balladeers, balladries, ballerinas, balustrade, banalities, bandmaster, barbarizes, barbascoes, barcaroles, bargainers, barrackers, barratries, barrelages, barricades, baseboards, basketball, bastardies, bastardise, bastardize, bastinades, bathwaters, beachheads, beanstalks, berascaled, bioassayed, blackfaces, blackheads, blackleads, blacksnake, blastemata, blatancies, brachiates, braincases, breakables, breakaways, breakfasts, breaksaway, broadscale, cabalettas, caballeros, cablegrams, calabashes, calabooses, calibrates, camelbacks, canebrakes, cannabises, carabiners, carbamates, carbamides, carbazoles, carbonades, carbonates, carpetbags, casebearer, djellabahs, elaborates, embassages, encashable, endamoebas, entamoebas, fabricates, fastballer, flammables, frambesias, gabardines, graybeards, greaseball, guayaberas, habituates, handbasket, handlebars, harborages, headboards, heartbeats, imbalances, impassable, insatiable, isolatable, jailbreaks, karabiners, labializes, lamebrains, leasebacks, masturbate, measurable, measurably, metastable, metastably, misbalance, mistakable, nonsalable, paperbacks, parabioses, pasteboard, rabbinates, reasonable, reasonably, rebalances, releasable, resealable, saddlebags, sailboater, sandbagged, sandbagger, sarabandes, sauceboats, scabbarded, scarabaeus, seabeaches, searchable, seasonable, seasonably, skateboard, sleazebags, sleazeball, spacebands, spreadable, stablemate, statutable, steamboats, subaverage, submanager, swaybacked, sweatbands, tablatures, tablelands, tablemates, tablewares, trabeculas, twayblades, unbalances, unbandages, unpassable, unscalable, unshakable, unslakable, watchables, whalebacks, whaleboats.
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