| thaw(verb, lessening, softening, minimizing) |
| unstiffen(verb, lessening, softening, minimizing) |
| yield(verb, lessening, softening, minimizing) |
| abash(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| base(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| bemean(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| blister(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| break(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| chagrin(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| chasten(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| confound(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| confuse(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| conquer(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| crush(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| debase(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| demean(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| denigrate(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| deny(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| depress(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |
| discomfit(verb, shame, humiliation, detraction, embarrassing) |