humiliate

[US]/hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/
[UK]/hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. cause someone to feel ashamed or lose face

Example Sentences

The country was humiliated by defeat.

you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!.

I've had it with him—he's humiliated me once too often!.

Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present.

a defeat that humiliated both army and nation. See also Synonyms at demote

Paramedics unbolted the toilet seat, and while wheeling a "frightened and humiliated" Dougherty out of the store, he passed out.

Real-world Examples

Do you understand? I will not be humiliated.

Source: Deadly Women

Oh, golly, however did he humiliate you?

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

Michael Anagnos was also humiliated by the incident.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

I did what I did 'cause Buzz humiliated me.

Source: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

You have to be humiliated sometimes.

Source: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

The setup is ordered as design to humiliate the losers.

Source: The Apocalypse of World War II

Soon this whole charade will completely unravel, and we will be humiliated.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 4

Young men who have been humiliated will have to rebuild their battered masculinity.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

But if you don't get my pictures back, I'm gonna be humiliated.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

When I walk into a room I often feel like I'm about to be humiliated.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

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