[ US /hjuˈmɪɫiˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /hjuːmˈɪlɪˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
    He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
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How To Use humiliate In A Sentence

  • Maybe she was embarrassed and humiliated, but she didn't show it - she dealt with the situation with quiet calm, as if she'd been through it a hundred times before.
  • She could, however, humiliate the princess before her subjects.
  • However, the women were furious, and the elderly man had been dishonored and humiliated.
  • They ridiculed leaked U.S. plans to install a proconsul in the Douglas MacArthur mold, strutting around with a cob pipe and dictating orders to a humiliated people.
  • If I'm out in public with a woman who is doing her best to embarrass or humiliate me, I'll walk away.
  • Bucks redeemed themselves against opponents who humiliated them 5-1 in a Rothmans Cup clash earlier in the season.
  • Randi had for decades used his insider's knowledge of the flim-flam trade to humiliate a generation of occultists.
  • I had never received one single complaint against me," claimed the humiliated doctor.
  • Their faces are hidden, they are wearing tall hats and are manacled and humiliated.
  • Then, last Saturday, Liverpool adjusted to cope with the pre-match loss of two key players, came back from conceding an early goal, and proceeded to thoroughly humiliate Manchester United at Old Trafford: "Ferguson, standing on the touchline in a coat reminiscent of Michael Foot, had the legs cut from under him and took to twitching from a seat in the dugout," whilst Wayne Rooney was reduced to an arm-whirling figure of anger and despair. Archive 2009-03-01
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