bring+low
121tyrannize — Synonyms and related words: beat down, bend, break, break down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conquer, cow, crush, daunt, despotize, dictate, dominate, domineer, domineer over,… …
122mortify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. humiliate, embarrass, chagrin; decay. See humility, deterioration, asceticism. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shame, embarrass, discipline, belittle; see disgrace , humiliate , ridicule . III (Roget s 3… …
123depress — v. a. 1. Lower, detrude, drop, sink, bow, reduce, press down, let down, let fall, cast down, bring down. 2. Degrade, humble, disgrace, humiliate, debase, abase, abash, bring low, take down. 3. Discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, damp,… …
124sink — I. v. n. 1. Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom. 2. Fall slowly, drop, droop. 3. Penetrate, enter. 4. Be depressed, be overwhelmed. 5. Decline, decrease, decay, dwindle, lose strength, give way. II. v. a …
125abase — v 1. degrade, debase, vitiate, demean, discredit, demote, depose; devaluate, reduce, lower, depress; humiliate, humble, mortify, bring low, take down, bring or take down a peg. 2. disgrace, dishonor, shame; slander, calumniate, asperse, denigrate …
126humiliate — [v] embarrass, put down abase, abash, base, bemean, blister, break, bring down*, bring low*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, conquer, crush*, cut down to size*, debase, degrade, demean, denigrate, deny, depress, discomfit,… …
127reduce — [v1] make less; decrease abate, abridge, bankrupt, bant, break, cheapen, chop, clip, contract, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, debase, deflate, depreciate, depress, diet, dilute, diminish, discount, drain, dwindle, go on a diet*, impair,… …
128strike — v. & n. v. (past struck; past part. struck or archaic stricken) 1 a tr. subject to an impact. b tr. deliver (a blow) or inflict a blow on. 2 tr. come or bring sharply into contact with (the ship struck a rock). 3 tr. propel or divert with a blow… …
