What does "abased" mean?

1. (humbled or lowered in status) feeling ashamed or having lost your high position or respect. 2. (past action of humbling) the past tense of 'abase', meaning to have made someone feel lower or less important.

abased

1 humbled or lowered in status (adj.)
C2 Proficiency Formal Literary

feeling ashamed or having lost your high position or respect.

reduced in rank, prestige, or self-esteem; describing a state of profound humiliation.

Example

He felt abased after his mistakes were pointed out in front of the whole office.

Example

The once-powerful minister stood abased before the tribunal, his former influence stripped away by the evidence of his corruption.
2 past action of humbling (v.)
C2 Proficiency Formal Literary

the past tense of 'abase', meaning to have made someone feel lower or less important.

the past tense and past participle of the transitive verb 'abase', meaning to lower in rank or prestige.

Example

The king abased himself before the people to show he was sorry.

Example

In a surprising display of public penance, the CEO abased himself before the shareholders, admitting full responsibility for the company's financial collapse.
- belittled
- demeaned
- praised
- elevated

Origin

From abase + -ed.

Usage

Typically follows a linking verb like 'feel', 'become', or 'remain'.