humiliate (verb)
1humiliate — ► VERB ▪ injure the dignity and self respect of. DERIVATIVES humiliating adjective humiliation noun humiliator noun. ORIGIN Latin humiliare make humble …
2humiliate — I verb abase, abash, affront, befool, bespatter, blackball, blacken, brand, bring shame upon, cast a slur upon, cast down, contemn, cow, crush, debase, defame, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, depreciate, deride, derogate, discredit, disgrace,… …
3humiliate — verb /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ To injure a persons dignity and self respect. Syn: debase, disgrace, humble, shame See Also: humble, humiliation …
4humiliate — verb ADVERB ▪ deeply ▪ completely, totally, utterly ▪ She felt completely humiliated. ▪ publicly ▪ …
5humiliate — verb injure the dignity and self respect of. Derivatives humiliating adjective humiliatingly adverb humiliation noun humiliator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as humiliation): from late L. humiliat , humiliare make humble , from humilis (see… …
6humiliate — verb (T) to make someone feel ashamed and upset, especially by making them seem stupid or weak: Her boss humiliated her in front of all her colleagues. humiliated adjective: I ve never felt so humiliated in all my life! …
7humiliate — verb he was humiliated in front of the whole school Syn: embarrass, mortify, humble, shame, put to shame, disgrace, chagrin; discomfit, chasten, abash, deflate, crush, squash; abase, debase, demean, degrade, lower; be …
8humiliate — verb Syn: embarrass, mortify, humble, shame, disgrace, chasten, deflate, crush, squash, demean, take down a peg or two; informal show up, put down, cut down to size; N.Amer.; informal make someone eat crow Ant: dignify …
9humiliate — UK [hjuːˈmɪlɪeɪt] / US [hjuˈmɪlɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms humiliate : present tense I/you/we/they humiliate he/she/it humiliates present participle humiliating past tense humiliated past participle humiliated to make someone feel very… …
10humiliate — [[t]hjuːmɪ̱lieɪt[/t]] humiliates, humiliating, humiliated VERB To humiliate someone means to say or do something which makes them feel ashamed or stupid. [be V ed] She had been beaten and humiliated by her husband... [V n] His teacher continually …
