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   HUMILIATE definition: 1. to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself: 2. to make someone feel…. Learn more.

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   The meaning of HUMILIATE is to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify. How to use humiliate in a sentence.

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   To lower or hurt the dignity or pride of.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   HUMILIATION definition: 1. the feeling of being ashamed or losing respect for yourself, or an occasion when you have this…. Learn more.

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   Humiliate means to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, often publicly. It would humiliate all but the most self-assured person to realize that everyone else in the room has noticed their fly is down.

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   (earlier (late Middle English) as humiliation): from late Latin humiliat-‘made humble’, from the verb humiliare, from humilis ‘low, lowly’, from humus ‘ground’. The original meaning was ‘bring low’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

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   What does humiliate mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of HUMILIATE is to reduce (someone) to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes : to make (someone) ashamed or embarrassed : mortify. How to use humiliate in a sentence.

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   Where did the word humiliate come from?

   • Humiliate can be be traced back to the Latin humus, meaning "earth, ground." From humus came the Latin adjective humilis, meaning "low, humble," which later gave rise to the verb humiliare, meaning "to make low or humble." The English humiliate derives from Latin humiliare. Nglish: Translation of humiliate for Spanish Speakers

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   What does humilis mean?

   • from Latin humiliatus "made to lose pride or self-respect," from earlier humiliare "to make low or humble," from humilis "low, humble," from humus "earth" In modern English we sometimes say that a person who has been criticized or humiliated has been put down.

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   Can a person be humiliated?

   • If you are confident in who you are, you absolutely cannot be humiliated. If however, there is any doubt in who you are and what you stand for in life, then humiliation and embarrassment comes easier. People’s comments and behaviors put our feelings of self-worth to the test all the time

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   What is a slang word for humiliating?

   • adjective embarrassing, shaming, humbling, mortifying, crushing, disgracing, degrading, ignominious, toe-curling (slang), cringe-making (Brit. informal), cringeworthy (Brit. informal) The Conservatives have suffered a humiliating defeat.

   Humiliating - definition of humiliating by The Free Dictionary

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   What happens if something is humiliating?

   • If something is humiliating, it embarrasses you and makes you feel ashamed and stupid. The Party leader suffered a humiliating defeat. It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem. Thousands of men struggled humiliatingly for jobs. He was caught cheating and humiliatingly stripped of his title.

   HUMILIATING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   What does the word humiliate mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word humiliate , two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.