HUMILIATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they humiliate ... he / she / it humiliates

Past simple: humiliated

Past participle: humiliated

-ing form: humiliating

Meaning:

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Example:

He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

Synonyms:

abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "humiliate" is one way to...):

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "humiliate"):

crush; smash (humiliate or depress completely)

degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot humiliate Sue

Derivation:

humiliation (depriving one of self-esteem)

humiliation (an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect)

humiliation (strong feelings of embarrassment)

humiliation (state of disgrace or loss of self-respect)