to humiliate
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6.1
- verb
- /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
- Offensive
:
humillar (a alguien)
- He felt humiliated when his colleagues laughed at his proposal during the meeting.
- publicly humiliate
- feel humiliated
- humiliating defeat
But I will say I don't think they were trying to humiliate her for being fat.
- But I will say I don't think they were trying to humiliate her for being fat.
- Ryan has humiliated his daughter in public.
- He would prove himself and humiliate Jasper.
- You know, the circuit isn't humiliating you, you're humiliating you.
- He's just straight up making it his mission to humiliate his fucking wife.
- And then he got on Fox and humiliated them.
- So opposing goalkeepers each face a series of kickers and are most often humiliated.
- It's like there's really no other way that you can defile and humiliate someone.
- But come to this room and get get truly scorned, get beaten, get scalped, get humiliated in some respects.
- To Nate Shaw, it was a system, a system of thinking, a system designed to humiliate people.
- Because when you show up as that true self who speaks your truth, they will gaslight and shame and humiliate and threaten.
Examples
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I was embarrassed and humiliated about my past.
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I'd never do anything to humiliate you.
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This one posted my low test score to humiliate me in middle school.
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It's amazing the ability people have to step onto the Internet and publicly humiliate themselves.
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In that moment, she knew that she did not wish to humiliate him before his peers.
Fiction book (1990) -
He already thinks I planned this to humiliate him.
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Ryan has humiliated his daughter in public.
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The ability for people to walk onto the World Wide Web and publicly humiliate themselves is breathtaking.
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For weeks, he had thirsted for a chance to humiliate the rebels.
Academic text (2011) -
You're going to be attacked, betrayed, exposed and humiliated.
Synonyms
642
2.1
Make someone feel awkward or ashamed in front of others
62
4.5
To make someone lose respect or honor by doing something shameful
58
5.3
To make someone feel less proud or important
55
5.1
To treat someone so they feel ashamed or less respected
53
6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
48
5.3
To make someone or something lose respect by bad action
48
7.8
To say bad things about someone without a good reason to make them seem less important
45
5.0
To make someone or something seem not important
22
6.9
To make someone feel very embarrassed or ashamed
14
8.8
Make a person or company look bad by saying bad things about them
7
9.3
To criticize someone publicly to make them feel ashamed
5
7.1
To insult someone openly or show no respect
4
2.4
Make someone feel embarrassed or uncomfortable by surprising them
3
7.6
Make someone feel less proud by criticizing or embarrassing them
1
8.6
To make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for themselves
1
8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
To say bad things about someone in public to make them feel ashamed
Antonyms
How Humiliating
22
6.9
55
5.1
- Offensive
414
6.1
170
3.9
642
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Humiliate comes from the Latin word humilis, meaning 'low' or 'on the ground', and it shares the same root as humble and humility. So to humiliate someone is to 'bring them down' in front of others, which is why it means causing shame and lowering their dignity.