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humiliated
[ hyoo-mil-ee-ey-tid, or, often, yoo- ]
adjective
- made to feel a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; deeply embarrassed or put to shame:
The strategy of the verbal abuser is to become the winner of every conversational debate and make the other person the humiliated loser.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of humiliate.
Other Words From
- un·hu·mil·i·at·ed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of humiliated1
Example Sentences
The judge said she was satisfied he was left "distressed and humiliated by the experience of being restrained face down".
“Death of loved ones is hard but not harder than getting humiliated. And we will hold on to our faith and to our traditions till death.”
The court heard the harm McCartney caused was "unquantifiable" and he "degraded and humiliated" victims for his own sexual gratification.
The court heard the harm McCartney caused was "unquantifiable", and he "degraded and humiliated" victims for his own sexual gratification.
Pakistan were humiliated in the first Test, pulverised by England’s batters in conceding 823-7 declared.
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