self-abasement
noun[U]
uk/ˌself.əˈbeɪs.mənt/us/ˌself.əˈbeɪs.mənt/theactof making yourselfseemlessimportantor lessdeservingofrespectthan you are or should be:
Somereadersmayfeelthat,evenin thecauseof self-abasement, some things would have beenbetterleftunsaid.
He hasbuiltanentirecareeron self-abasement.
- Perhaps just foroncewe should notindulgeinguilt-riddenself-abasement.
- There is something offputting about hismixtureof self-abasement andcockyself-regard.
- Themoviefollowsthedescentinto self-abasement of abeautifulactress.
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- abasement
- be under a cloudidiom
- bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
- bruisesomeone'segoidiom
- debase
- deflate
- disgraced
- dishonour
- dishonourable
- doghouse
- exhibition
- ignominious
- ignominiously
- ignominy
- in the doghouseidiom
- indignity
- stoop
- stoop tosomething
- undignified