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