Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Lowering or humbling one's self.
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Examples
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Smart's paean to her lover is so self-abasing it would be embarrassing were it not for its beauty; drawing on Biblical sources the Song of Solomon and Psalm 137, from whose first lines the title is adapted, Catholic liturgy, Shakespeare and the Greeks, Smart recounts how she and Barker commit adultery right under Mrs. Barker's nose.
How to Hypnotize Women Con Chapman 2011
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The ritual self-abasing “apology” that this gal was either required to or felt forced to make.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010
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One could view it as a basically positive form of sexual expression that carries certain reputational risks, or one could view it as intrinsicly corruptive and self-abasing.
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His dry and occasionally self-abasing memoir, published in 1995, traced his uncertain path to the top tier of Britain's literary firmament.
Frank Kermode Dead: Respected English Literary Critic And Shakespeare Scholar Dies At 90 2010
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One could view it as a basically positive form of sexual expression that carries certain reputational risks, or one could view it as intrinsicly corruptive and self-abasing.
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No, the secret desires and hidden agendas here within the Council House belonged solely to Lycaelon's so-deferential and self-abasing private secretary and whipping-boy, Undermage Anigrel.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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The ritual self-abasing “apology” that this gal was either required to or felt forced to make.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Be Careful. Trust No-One. Shut Up. 2010
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I mainly wanted to escape the beggar's smell and his self-abasing false gratitude.
The Busybody Society 2010
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Meanwhile, those of us who were wondering how Davies was going to conclude Tattycoram's plot without landing himself in Unfortunate Implications got our answer: he simply skipped her self-abasing reconciliation with the Meagles.
Little Dorrit: V 2009
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Meanwhile, those of us who were wondering how Davies was going to conclude Tattycoram's plot without landing himself in Unfortunate Implications got our answer: he simply skipped her self-abasing reconciliation with the Meagles.
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