verb
debase, chasten, mortify, make a fool of, put to shame, humble, degrade, denigrate, crush, shame, discomfit, abash, make lowly, deny, confuse, snub, confound, lower, dishonor, depress, fill with shame, chagrin, break, demean, bring low, base, conquer, make ashamed, vanquish, pout out of countenance, cast down, take down, put down, bring down, pull down, take down a peg*, put one's nose out of joint*; see also disgrace, embarrass 1, humble. See syn. study at humble.