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- Dictionaryhumiliating/hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride: "a humiliating defeat"
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Add to word list. C2. making you feel ashamed or stupid: Losing my job was the most humiliating thing that ever happened to me. humiliating defeat The government suffered a humiliating defeat in yesterday's debate. humiliating to He found it humiliating to have to ask for money.
The meaning of HUMILIATING is extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling.
: to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify. hoped they wouldn't humiliate themselves in their next game. accused her of humiliating him in public. feel so humiliated. humiliation. hyü-ˌmi-lē-ˈā-shən. yü- noun. Synonyms. abase. chasten. cheapen. debase. degrade.
to make you feel ashamed or lose respect for yourself: They called him an old fool in public just to humiliate him.
Humiliating definition: lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying. See examples of HUMILIATING used in a sentence.
verb (used with object) , hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing. to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity. Synonyms: debase, abase, degrade, shame, mortify, disgrace, dishonor. Antonyms: elevate, exalt, dignify. humiliate.
adjective. If something is humiliating, it embarrasses you and makes you feel ashamed and stupid. The Party leader suffered a humiliating defeat. It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem. Synonyms: embarrassing, shaming, humbling, mortifying More Synonyms of humiliating.
Something that humbles you and makes you feel foolish is humiliating: it's humiliating to sing your song for the school talent show in the wrong key, and it's even more humiliating when the audience laughs.
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. [be VERB -ed] There are people out there who want to humiliate you. [VERB noun] Synonyms: embarrass, shame, humble, crush More Synonyms of humiliate. humiliated adjective.
verb. /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ Verb Forms. humiliate somebody/yourself/something to make somebody feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues. I've never felt so humiliated. How could I humiliate myself like that? The party was humiliated in the recent elections. Extra Examples.
