humiliate

Definition of humiliate in English English dictionary: To injure a person's dignity and self-respect; to put to shame; To injure a persons dignity and self-respect; cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"; To humiliate someone means to say or do something which makes them feel ashamed or stupid. She had been beaten and humiliated by her husband His teacher continually humiliates him in maths lessons. + humiliated hu·mili·at·ed I have never felt so humiliated in my life. to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present = embarrass; To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify; cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss; {f} shame, mortify, lower someone's pride, humble; crop one's feathers
humiliated: Simple past tense and past participle of humiliate
humiliated: deprived of dignity or self-respect
humiliating: Present participle of humiliate
humiliating: Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone
humiliation: The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
humiliated: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
humiliation: strong feelings of embarrassment
humiliating: {a} humbling, mortifying
humiliation: {n} the act of humility, mortification
humiliated: {s} made to feel shameful; mortified, ashamed; abashed
humiliated: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
humiliates: third-person singular of humiliate
humiliated: past of humiliate
humiliating: If something is humiliating, it embarrasses you and makes you feel ashamed and stupid. The Conservatives have suffered a humiliating defeat = crushing + humiliatingly hu·mili·at·ing·ly Thousands of men struggled humiliatingly for jobs He was caught cheating during the Seoul Olympics and humiliatingly stripped of his title. making you feel ashamed, embarrassed, and angry because you have been made to look weak or stupid = embarrassing
humiliating: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
humiliating: {s} mortifying; making a person feel ashamed; causing shame; embarrassing; very destructive to a person's dignity
humiliatingly: in an embarrassing manner; in a humiliating manner, in a humbling manner
humiliatingly: In a humiliating manner
humiliatingly: in a humiliating manner; "the painting was reproduced humiliatingly small
humiliatingly: degradingly
humiliation: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
humiliation: Humiliation is the embarrassment and shame you feel when someone makes you appear stupid, or when you make a mistake in public. She faced the humiliation of discussing her husband's affair
humiliation: The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
humiliation: depriving one of self-esteem an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"
humiliation: The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission
humiliation: A humiliation is an occasion or a situation in which you feel embarrassed and ashamed. The result is a humiliation for the prime minister
humiliation: depriving one of self-esteem
humiliation: {i} mortification, act of lowering someone's pride
humiliation: state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
humiliation: The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification
humiliations: plural of humiliation

humiliate

Hyphenation

hu·mi·li·ate

Turkish pronunciation

hyumîlieyt

Synonyms

debase, disgrace, humble, shame, abase, abash, base, bemean, blister, break, bring down, bring low, cast down, chagrin, chasten

Antonyms

build up, elevate, laud, praise

Pronunciation

/hyo͞oˈməlēˌāt/ /hjuːˈmɪliːˌeɪt/

Etymology

() Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”) Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”) humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.