abased

abase

  1. (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbeɪst/
Etymology

From abase + -ed.

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