abased
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.
Origin of abased
1Other words from abased
- un·a·based, adjective
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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. AbbottNot humbled before God, as having failed in trust towards Him; not degraded and abased in Mr. Thornton's sight.
North and South | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellBut here the cedar means human grandeur and national greatness, full of arrogant pride and therefore doomed to be abased.
The Prophet Ezekiel | Arno C. GaebeleinThe most sensitive of four-footed creatures in the world, the Skye terrier is utterly abased by a rebuke from his master.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonNothing had been done, unless the situation of France were exalted in proportion as that of England had been abased.
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