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• past participle of abase.
• past tense form of abase.

abased

American  

[uh-beyst] / əˈbeɪst /

adjective

1. 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.

2. Heraldry. (of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual.

   a bend abased.

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noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. 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.

Other Word Forms

• unabased
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of abased

First recorded in 1645–55; abase + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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abased

Much of the classical music industry has since abased itself at Mäkelä’s feet.

From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023

I hadn’t abased myself, on my knees, scrubbing toilets at the level and in constant sight of my drill instructor’s crotch just to join a club.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2018

He so thoroughly abased himself that he literally ate the excrement of a patrolman’s steed.

From Slate ● Feb. 5, 2018

In short, the movie feels, if not exactly glamorous, then simultaneously overly processed and overwrought, even when it’s wallowing in the most abased behavior.

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2016

"Thou shalt not yet man behold O'er thee exalted, son that thou shalt fall Upon thy knees, and there, abased, adore, With drooping eyes his lofty eminence."

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

Related Words

• boorish
• depraved
• evil
• nefarious
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