abased

[ uh-beyst ]

/ əˈbeɪst /

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adjective

reduced or lowered, as in status, office, dignity, or estimation; humbled; degraded: In the hearings, the abased director of the Children’s Fund finally admitted his errors and meekly promised reforms.

Heraldry. (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual: a bend abased.

noun (used with a plural verb)

Usually the abased . people who have been humbled by misfortune, persecution, etc.:We entrust to God’s mercy the wretched, the desperate, and the abased.

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Origin of abased

First recorded in 1645–55; abase + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM abased

un·a·based, adjective

Words nearby abased

abapical, abaptiston, Abariringa Island, à bas, abase, abased, abasement, abash, abashed, abasia, abate

How to use abased in a sentence

They fall without being abased, and I regard them as being unfortunate without being liable to blame.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Not humbled before God, as having failed in trust towards Him; not degraded and abased in Mr. Thornton's sight.
North and South|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
But here the cedar means human grandeur and national greatness, full of arrogant pride and therefore doomed to be abased.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
The most sensitive of four-footed creatures in the world, the Skye terrier is utterly abased by a rebuke from his master.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson

Nothing had been done, unless the situation of France were exalted in proportion as that of England had been abased.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)|Edmund Burke