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121demean — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. debase, lower. See humility. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. lower, debase, humble, degrade, depreciate, *take down a peg, disgrace, humiliate, demote, shame. ANT.: elevate, *put on a pedestal,… …
122humble — [13] Etymologically, humble means ‘close to the ground’. It comes via Old French umble from Latin humilis ‘low, lowly’. This was a derivative of humus ‘earth’, which is related to English chameleon and human and was itself acquired by English in… …
123hauns — [akin to Eng Hohn, mock] : low. Deriv. hauneins humiliation, haunjan humiliate. Comp. gahaunjan humiliate …
124hneiwan — (*) [akin to Ger neigen] : incline. Deriv. hnaiwjan humiliate, hnaiweins humiliation, hnaiwiths humble, hnaiws low, hneiwan sink. Comp. anahnaiwjan bow down, anahneiwan bend down, gahnaiwjan humiliate, ufhnaiweins subordination, ufhnaiwjan… …
125abase — abase, demean, debase, degrade, humble, humiliate are synonymous when they denote to lower in one’s own estimation or in that of others. Abase suggests loss of dignity or prestige without necessarily implying permanency in that loss. When used… …
126degrade — 1 Degrade, demote, reduce, declass, disrate mean to lower in station, rank, or grade. Degrade may be used of any such lowering {babies . . . degrade one to the state of anxious, fawning suppliants for a smile Wallace} {turkeys not in prime… …
127reduce — 1 *decrease, lessen, diminish, abate, dwindle Analogous words: *shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, retrench: *contract, shrink, condense Contrasted words: *increase, augment, enlarge, multiply: *extend …
128humble — hum•ble [[t]ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm [/t]] adj. bler, blest, 1) not proud or arrogant; modest 2) low in importance, status, or condition: a humble home[/ex] 3) courteously respectful: in my humble opinion[/ex] 4) insignificant; inferior; submissive: to feel …
