erniedrigen — meaning in English
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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.
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- debase verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
- humble adjective Not proud or arrogant; modest about one's own importance or abilities.
- humiliate verb To make someone feel ashamed or foolish, often publicly.
- prostrate adj Lying flat on the ground, typically face down.
- stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.
Senses
erniedrigen 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]
- abate To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]
- debase (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- demean To debase; to lower; to degrade.
- demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
- demean (now rare) To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- humble (transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
- humiliate (transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
abase — full definition
- 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.
- verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.