Synonyms for abasement
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Noun
1. Degradation — the act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low
degradation, humiliation, shame, reduction, debasement, abjection, fall, depression, lowering, disgrace, deterioration, discredit, degeneration, dishonor US, dishonour UK, perversion, degeneracy, mortification, subservience, self-abasement, depravation, vitiation, dejection
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:abasement.
Forms
- Plural
- abasements → degradations, humiliations, shames, reductions…
Example sentences
- shame I was put to shame in the presence of many people.
- reduction A further reduction would make us go into the red.
- degradation Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.
- humiliation How do you put up with that kind of humiliation?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| abasement | steady | |
| shame | rising | |
| reduction | falling | |
| degradation | rising | |
| humiliation | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- fall1
- 5 letters
- shame1
- 8 letters
- lowering3, disgrace2, dishonor3
- 9 letters
- reduction3, discredit3, dishonour, dejection, abjection, vitiation
- 10 letters
- depression3, perversion3, degeneracy5, debasement3
- 11 letters
- degradation4, humiliation5, depravation4
- 12 letters
- degeneration5, subservience4
- 13 letters
- deterioration6, mortification4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lowering3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- avilissement