verb#8,145 by frequency
humiliate
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of; To make humble; to lower in condition or status
- he/she/it
- humiliates
- past participle
- humiliated
Meanings
- 1
To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of
I was humiliated in public.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
She likes to humiliate people.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To make humble; to lower in condition or status
- 3
To defeat overwhelminglyrare