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| Main Entry: | humiliate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass, put down |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, base, blister, break, bring down*, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit, discountenance, disgrace, dishonor, downplay, humble, lower, mortify, pan, play down, put to shame, rip*, run down*, shame, slam*, smear, snub, squash*, subdue, take down*, tear down*, vanquish, wither, bemean, bring low, cast down, cut down to size, make a fool of, make ashamed, put out of countenance, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | build up, elevate, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
| Synonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
| Antonyms: | cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | break |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weaken, cause instability |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bust, confound, confute, controvert, cow, cripple, degrade, demerit, demoralize, demote, disprove, downgrade, enervate, enfeeble, humiliate, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, rebut, reduce, refute, ruin, subdue, tame, undermine, declass, disconfirm, dispirit, pauperize |
| Notes: | to brake is to slow or stop while break is to cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently, smash or crack |
| Antonyms: | stabilize, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause displeasure |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | degrade, shame |
| Synonyms: | abase, cheapen, corrupt, cripple, debauch, debilitate, demean, demoralize, deprave, devalue, disable, disgrace, dishonor, enfeeble, humble, humiliate, lower, put away, put down, reduce, sap, sink, take down*, undermine, weaken, bemean, cast down, devaluate, drag down*, dump on, fluff off, shoot down, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | elevate, honor, laud, praise, upgrade, value |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discountenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass, disconcert |
| Synonyms: | abash, chagrin, confuse, discomfit, discompose, faze, humiliate, rattle, shame |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring shame upon |
| Synonyms: | abase, besmirch, blot, debase, defame, defile, degrade, depress, deride, derogate, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, expel, humble, humiliate, libel, lose face, lower, mock, put down, reduce, reproach, ridicule, slander, slur, snub, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tar and feather*, tarnish, attaint, give a black eye, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exalt, honor, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dishearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, ruin one's hopes |
| Synonyms: | chill*, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deter, discourage, dismay, disparage, get down*, humble, humiliate, put down, shake, cast down, disincline, dispirit, indispose, put a damper on, throw a pall over |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, put down |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down*, put away*, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash*, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down*, upset |
| Antonyms: | build up, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, offend |
| Synonyms: | abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan*, provoke, put down*, revile, ridicule, roast*, scoff, slam*, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one's toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | belittle, disgrace |
| Synonyms: | abase, condescend, debase, degrade, deign, demean, depress, devalue, downgrade, humble, humiliate, stoop, bemean, cast down |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
| Main Entry: | mortify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, affront, annoy, belittle, chagrin, chasten, confound, control, crush, deflate, deny, disappoint, discipline, discomfit, disgrace, displease, get one's comeuppance, harass, humble, humiliate, put to shame, ridicule, shame, subdue, take down a peg, take the wind out, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | put down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | comment negatively |
| Synonyms: | belittle, condemn, crush, decry, deflate, derogate, discount, dismiss, disparage, humiliate, minimize, mortify, reject, run down, shame, slight, snub, write off, downcry, opprobriate |
| Antonyms: | build up, compliment, flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
| Synonyms: | banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh*, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan*, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh*, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib*, ride*, roast*, run down*, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up*, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satirize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan*, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib*, ride*, roast*, spoof |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abash, blot, confound, debase, defile, degrade, disconcert, discredit, dishonor, humble, humiliate, mortify, reproach, ridicule, smear, stain, take down*, cut down to size, give a black eye, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | honor, regard, respect, be proud |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be humble or humbled |
| Synonyms: | abase, debase, degrade, demean, humiliate, lower, stoop, succumb, be reduced to, bemean, cast down |
| Antonyms: | brave, fight |
| Main Entry: | snub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give someone the cold shoulder |
| Synonyms: | boycott, brush off*, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, disdain, disregard, duck, humble, humiliate, ice*, ignore, mortify, neglect, offend, ostracize, put down, rebuff, scold, scorn, scratch, shame, shun, slight, slur, snob, upstage, act cool, cut dead, give the brush, ice out, look coldly upon, look right through, not give time of day, pass up, put the chill on, swank |
| Antonyms: | include, socialize, welcome, be friendly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble |
| Synonyms: | deflate, humiliate, let down, lower, mortify, pull down, put down, take apart |
| Antonyms: | build up |
| Main Entry: | derogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away |
| Synonyms: | denigrate, detract, discredit, disparage, humiliate, insult, slander |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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