Humiliating
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Humiliating is an adjective meaning Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
Meaning
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of humiliate
- An act of humiliation.
Example Sentences
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
We have various events or processes, therefore: cuttings, kickings, humiliatings, panickings, puncturings, smashings, blowings, and swellings. These are the things that really go on in the world and causation is perhaps just a label […]
Word Forms
- humiliatings
Synonyms for humiliating
Depending on context, synonyms include undignified, mortifying, demeaning, humbling.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include humbling, demeaning, mortifying, undignified, shame, embarrassing.
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