self-abasing
English
Etymology
self- + abasing
Adjective
self-abasing (comparative more self-abasing, superlative most self-abasing)
- 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).