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abase

Main Entry:
abase [uh-beys]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deprive of self-esteem, confidence
Synonyms: belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame
Antonyms: cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect
Main Entry: chasten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: correct, humiliate
Synonyms: abase, admonish, afflict, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, take to task, tame, tongue-lash, try, upbraid
Notes: chasten means to correct by punishment, to take to task - to restrain or subdue; chastise means to punish, as by beating or to criticize severely
Antonyms: aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift
Main Entry: cheapen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: diminish worth
Synonyms: abase, beat down, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lose value, lower, mar, mark down, minimize, reduce, render worthless, ruin, spoil, undervalue, write off
Antonyms: appreciate, enhance, increase, raise, upgrade
Main Entry: corrupt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pervert; pollute
Synonyms: abase, abuse, adulterate, animalize, bastardize, blemish, blight, bribe, contaminate, damage, debase, debauch, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, depreciate, despoil, disfigure, disgrace, dishonor, fix, grease palm, harm, hurt, ill-treat, impair, infect, injure, lower, lure, maltreat, mar, mistreat, misuse, outrage, pull down, putrefy, ravage, reduce, rot, ruin, spoil, square, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, undermine, violate, vitiate, warp, waste
Antonyms: better, chasten, cleanse, dignify, improve, purify
Main Entry: debase
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: degrade, shame
Synonyms: abase, bemean, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devaluate, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, drag down, dump on, enfeeble, fluff off, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, shoot down, sink, take down a peg, take down, undermine, weaken
Antonyms: elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value
Main Entry: debase
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adulterate
Synonyms: abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, dope up, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen
Antonyms: clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify
Main Entry: degrade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: shame, humiliate
Synonyms: abase, belittle, bemean, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cast down, cheapen, corrupt, cut down to size, debase, debauch, declass, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, disbar, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, mudsling, pan, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down, shoot down, sink, slam, take down a peg, take down, tear down, vitiate, weaken
Antonyms: admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade
Main Entry: demean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: humble, humiliate
Synonyms: abase, bad-mouth, belittle, bemean, cast down, contemn, cut down to size, cut rate, debase, decry, degrade, derogate, descend, despise, detract, dis, disparage, dump on, knock down, lower, pan, poor-mouth, scorn, sink, stoop
Antonyms: boost, enhance, improve, upgrade
Main Entry: depress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deject, make despondent; exhaust
Synonyms: abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, beat down, bother, bug*, bum out, cast down, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, keep under, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, reduce to tears, run down, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, throw cold water on, torment, trouble, try, turn one off, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down
Antonyms: cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, make happy, stimulate
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