humiliate
11humiliate — [[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 …
12humiliate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare, from Latin humilis low more at humble Date: circa 1534 to reduce to a lower position in one s own eyes or others eyes ; mortify • humiliation noun …
13humiliate — humiliator, n. humiliatory /hyooh mil ee euh tawr ee, tohr ee/ or, often, /yooh /, humiliative, adj. /hyooh mil ee ayt / or, often, /yooh /, v.t., humiliated, humiliating. to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self respect, or dignity;… …
14humiliate — verb /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ To injure a persons dignity and self respect. Syn: debase, disgrace, humble, shame See Also: humble, humiliation …
15humiliate — verb ADVERB ▪ deeply ▪ completely, totally, utterly ▪ She felt completely humiliated. ▪ publicly ▪ …
16humiliate — Synonyms and related words: abase, affront, beat down, bend, break, break down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bring to terms, call names, cast down, cast reproach upon, conquer, crush, debase, deflate, defrock, degrade,… …
17humiliate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shame, degrade, debase, demean; humble (see humility). See disrepute. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. debase, chasten, mortify, make a fool of, put to shame, humble, degrade, denigrate, crush, shame,… …
18humiliate — hu|mil|i|ate [hju:ˈmılieıt] v [T] to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present = ↑embarrass ▪ Her boss humiliated her in front of all her colleagues. >humiliated adj ▪ I ve never felt so humiliated in all my …
19humiliate — hu|mil|i|ate [ hju mıli,eıt ] verb transitive to make someone feel very embarrassed and ashamed …
20humiliate — see HUMBLE …
