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- pronunciation:
- hyu
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
humiliates, humiliating, humiliated |
| definition: |
to cause (someone) to lose pride or feel disgraced; embarrass; mortify.
His punishment, carried out in front of the other students, humiliated the boy.The soldiers harassed the man's wife not only for their pleasure but to humiliate him.It humiliated her that she'd boasted about going to Harvard and then wasn't accepted there.- synonyms:
- embarrass, mortify
- antonyms:
- honor
- similar words:
- abash, burn, chagrin, crush, disgrace, dishonor, humble, put to shame, shame
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| related words: |
affront, bow, degrade, demean, deprecate, depreciate, insult, offend, patronize, spite, wither |
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| derivations: |
humiliatingly (adv.), humiliator (n.) |
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