humilier — meaning in English

English meaning

• abase verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
• humiliate verb To make someone feel ashamed or foolish, often publicly.
• thrash verb To beat someone severely, or to defeat an opponent decisively.

Senses

humilier is used for these senses in English:

• abase (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]
• humiliate (transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
• score off (transitive, inseparable, idiomatic, slang) To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).
• show up (transitive) To make visible; to expose.
• thrash To defeat utterly.
• wipe the floor with someone (slang, idiomatic) To be well ahead of someone, or to win a competition by a considerable margin over someone.

abase — full definition

1. verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
2. verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
3. verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

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