self-abasing

== English == === Etymology === From self- +‎ abasing. === Adjective === self-abasing (comparative more self-abasing, superlative most self-abasing) Humbling by the consciousness of guilt or by shame. ==== Related terms ==== self-abased === References === Ogilvie, John. The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological. Blackie & Son. (1884).