abase

• (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

  "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

  His maths teacher abased him in front of the whole class when he failed in his course. added by Administrator

  chagrin , humble , humiliate , mortify

Imagine that the dog is saying "Please oh please get me out of this dress!" as he is feeling humiliated (abased). tagged by editor1

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Selected Mnemonic

• (Tag: Global) abase = a + base; without a base; Imagine you shifted to a new house whose base is not very strong (without base) and hence it may fall down anytime and can abase you in front of your neighbours.

  added by puneetrstg

Mnemonic

• (Tag: ) (A-BASE A table BASE is always on the lower side.

  added by byreddys    Edit Mnemonic

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• (Tag: ) abase-abe(a slang used to degrade a person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's opinion..ovral goes to humiliate a person....

  added by vaibhavagar    Edit Mnemonic

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• (Tag: ) Playing a baseball game (abase) naked is a really degrading experience!

  added by Dan RP    Edit Mnemonic

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• (Tag: ) base lekunda unddadam.....avamaanam

  added by raj.manu19    Edit Mnemonic

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• (Tag: ) GANGU TELI WAS ALWAYS ABASED BY RAJA BHOJ BY SAYING "KAHA RAJA BJOJ KAHA GANGU TELI"

  added by rohu40    Edit Mnemonic

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  added by tarunsethi111    Edit Mnemonic

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User Comments

• abash ..synonyms: humiliate added by preetisoni2411

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