self-abasing

English

Etymology

self- +‎ abasing

Adjective

self-abasing (comparative more self-abasing, superlative most self-abasing)

  1. Humbling by the consciousness of guilt or by shame.

References
  • Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).
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