humiliated
- adjective
- /hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪtɪd/
- Offensive
- After failing the exam in front of my classmates, I felt utterly humiliated and embarrassed.
- feel so humiliated
- feel humiliated
Powerlessness made me feel humiliated less than a human being.
- Powerlessness made me feel humiliated less than a human being.
- And it was an experience that left me feeling humiliated and degraded as a person.
- Other people found it embarrassing, humiliating, and they hated him and they went after him.
- I, I'm not going to lie, I feel very stupid and humiliated and bad.
- I never feel more humiliated and stabbed in the back then after a test screening.
- They can sexually harass them, maybe they can make terrible jokes that are really insulting and humiliating.
- Magoo, and perhaps most humiliating of all, member of my administration.
- So here I am, humiliated low.
Examples
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I was so angry and humiliated after you just walked out on me and yet somehow I mustered up all of the strength that I had left.
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And Joanna is so humiliated all she can do is put her head in her hands.
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And he feels deeply humiliated to be put in that position.
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I'm feeling pretty humiliated to not have a better picture here.
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I, I'm not going to lie, I feel very stupid and humiliated and bad.
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And it was an experience that left me feeling humiliated and degraded as a person.
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You guys, Father, I've never been more humiliated in all my life.
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We are belittled and humiliated, all of us, in some way, to some degree.
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I'm absolutely humiliated.
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"I am," he wrote to his former professor at Amherst, Dale Peterson, "OK, though very humiliated and confused."
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Synonyms
Feeling embarrassed and guilty about something you did or failed to do
Feeling awkward, shy, or ashamed because of something you did
Feeling very embarrassed and ashamed
Feeling less proud because something shows your limits
A person who has lost respect after doing something shameful
A person who has lost respect because of shameful behavior
Feeling embarrassed and awkward after making a mistake or being corrected
Feeling upset and embarrassed after failing or being corrected in front of others
Feeling or showing shame and embarrassment
Feeling guilty and embarrassed after doing something wrong or being caught
Made to seem less important or less valued by other people
Antonyms
How Humiliated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Humiliated comes from the Latin root humilis, which means 'low' and is the same root as humble. So being humiliated is like being put 'on the ground' or made 'low' in front of others, which explains the feeling of shame and lost pride.