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    humiliating
    /hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪtɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride: "a humiliating defeat"

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  2. uk / hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪ.tɪŋ / us / hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ /. 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.

    • English (US)

      HUMILIATING meaning: 1. making you feel ashamed or stupid:...

    • English (Uk)

      to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or...

  3. Humiliating means extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling. See examples of humiliating in a sentence, word history, synonyms, and related words.

  4. : 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.

  5. to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself: How could you humiliate me by questioning my judgment in front of everyone like that? England were humiliated (= completely defeated) in last night's match. Synonyms. demean. mortify. Compare. humble verb. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Humiliating and degrading.

  6. Humiliating means to reduce someone to a lower standing in their own eyes or in others' eyes. Find synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences of humiliating and related words on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

  7. Humiliating definition: lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying. See examples of HUMILIATING used in a sentence.

  8. Humiliating means causing a loss of pride, dignity, or self-respect. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of humiliating in different languages, as well as related words and examples.