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Meaning of abasement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
əˈbeɪs.mənt

Definitions

  1. The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اتضاع الإهانة التحقير التقليل من الشأن تمرمغ ذل
Català degradació humiliació
Cymraeg darostyngiad
Deutsch Erniedrigung
Ελληνικά εξευτελισμός ταπείνωση υποβίβαση
Esperanto malaltigo
Español abatimiento humillación rebajamiento
Suomi alennus alennustila nöyryytys
Français humiliation
Gaeilge náiriú uirísliú
हिन्दी ज़लालत
Bahasa Indonesia penghinaan
Íslenska auðmýking lítillækkun
Italiano degradazione mortificazione umiliazione
Te Reo Māori whakamā
Македонски понижување
Nederlands kleinering vernedering
Português aviltamento humilhação rebaixe
Română degradare înjosire umilire
Русский униже́ние
Türkçe zillet zül
Українська приниження

Examples

“He was wearing cavalry twill trousers and a buff crew-neck sweater. The effect was of symbolic abasement mixed with military resolve […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

abaser Abases Abasha abashedness Abashes Abashing

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