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self-humiliating
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self-humiliating — adj … Useful english dictionary
humiliating — [[t]hjuːmɪ̱lieɪtɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If something is humiliating, it embarrasses you and makes you feel ashamed and stupid. The Conservatives have suffered a humiliating defeat... It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self esteem. Syn:… … English dictionary
humiliating — humiliatingly, adv. /hyooh mil ee ay ting/ or, often, /yooh /, adj. lowering the pride, self respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego. [1750 60; HUMILIATE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
humiliating — humiliate ► VERB ▪ injure the dignity and self respect of. DERIVATIVES humiliating adjective humiliation noun humiliator noun. ORIGIN Latin humiliare make humble … English terms dictionary
humiliating — adjective Date: 1757 extremely destructive to one s self respect or dignity ; humbling • humiliatingly adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
shameful — Synonyms and related words: aberrant, abnormal, abominable, arrant, ashamed, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, beneath contempt, beneath one, black, blamable, blameworthy, brutal, chastening, cheap, conscience smitten, conscience stricken,… … Moby Thesaurus
sorry — Synonyms and related words: abject, apologetic, ashamed, bad, base, base minded, beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, cheap, cheerless, cheesy, common, compunctious, conscience smitten, conscience stricken, contemptible, contrite, crummy,… … Moby Thesaurus
shamefaced — Synonyms and related words: abashed, ashamed, bashful, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen, chastened, confused, conscience smitten, conscience stricken, conscious, coy, crestfallen, crushed, demure, diffident, discomfited, embarrassed, full of… … Moby Thesaurus
ashamed — Synonyms and related words: abashed, abject, blushing, chagrined, chapfallen, conscience smitten, conscience stricken, contrite, crestfallen, crushed, discomfited, embarrassed, full of remorse, hangdog, humbled, humiliated, mean, mortified, out… … Moby Thesaurus
conscience stricken — Synonyms and related words: ashamed, conscience smitten, full of remorse, regretful, remorseful, repining, rueful, self accusing, self condemning, self convicting, self debasing, self flagellating, self humiliating, self punishing, self… … Moby Thesaurus
