humiliate
21humiliate — hu·mil·i·ate || hjuË mɪlɪeɪt v. shame, mortify, lower someone s pride, humble …
22humiliate — 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… …
23humiliate — v. a. Mortify, shame, abash, put to shame, put down. See humble, 1 …
24humiliate — 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! …
25humiliate — 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 …
26humiliate — v humble, mortify, bringdown. See humble(defs.7 12) …
27humiliate — hu·mil·i·ate …
28humiliate — 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 …
29humiliate — [hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt] verb [T] to make someone feel very embarrassed and ashamed humiliation [hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] …
30humiliate — hu•mil•i•ate [[t]hyuˈmɪl iˌeɪt[/t]] often [[t]yu [/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self respect, or dignity; mortify; abase • Etymology: 1525–35; < LL humiliātus, ptp. of humiliāre to humble, der. of L… …
