umiliare — meaning in English

English meaning

• abase verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
• humiliate verb To make someone feel ashamed or foolish, often publicly.

Senses

umiliare 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.

abase — full definition

1. verb To lower someone's position, rank or status in a way that hurts their feelings.
2. verb To physically push or bring something down, or to bend low.
3. verb To reduce the value of something, especially by changing the metal content of coins.

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