Clues for the word "ABASE"
We've had 84 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 651 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 13, 2026.
Definition of abase
- a. - To lower or depress; to throw or cast down; as, to abase the eye.
- a. - To cast down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade.
Referring Clues
- Lower in public estimation
- Humble
- Belittle
- Lower
- Put down
- Humiliate
- Take down a peg
- Bring down
- Knock down a peg
- Demean
- Degrade
- Treat like dirt
- Quote, part 4
- Lower in esteem
- Mortify
- Cut down to size
- Dishonor
- Put to shame
- Lower in rank
- Denigrate
- Lower in prestige
- Opposite of glorify
- Chagrin
- Demote
- Opposite of exalt
- Talk down
- Make humble
- Cut down
- Put down, in a way
- Take down
- Badmouth
- Insult badly, e.g.
- Insult badly
- Lower in reputation
- Defame
- In lower rank
- Disparage
- Synonym for 51-Down
- Reproach
- Reproach
- Humiliate
- Debase
- Deflate
- Insult
- Puts down
- Malign
- Knock down to size
- Take down a notch
- Cheapen
- Maltreat
- Lower in value
- Make feel small
- Downgrade
- Ridicule
- Devalue
- Knock down a notch
- Demote or humble
- Knock down some
- Shame
- Belittle or bully
- Bring down a notch
- Slander
- Mock
- Lower area next to HQ
- Lower in status
- Lower in a mathematical scale
- Bring low
- Humble (oneself)
- Humiliate a foundation
- Bring shame to
- Be an online troll
- Cause to feel shame
- Cause to eat humble pie
- Revile
- Belittle (oneself)
- Humble home with acre in front
- Make less of
- "If life has ___ that it stands upon ..." (Woolf)
- Opposite of "ennoble"
- Take down verbally
- Wound the pride of, verbally
- Shame, e.g.
- Put down verbally
- Take down a few notches
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 13, 2026
- Daily American - April 21, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 20, 2026
- Daily American - April 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 07, 2026
- Your Life Choices - March 26, 2026
- LA Times - March 22, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 22, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 11, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 07, 2026
- Your Life Choices - December 09, 2025
- LA Times - November 14, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 12, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - November 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 30, 2025
- LA Times - October 30, 2025
- New York Times - October 29, 2025
- LA Times - October 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 01, 2025
- Daily American - July 06, 2025
- LA Times - July 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 06, 2025
- And in 621 more crossword puzzles...