Humiliate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Humiliate \Hu*mil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humiliated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Humiliating}.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of
     humiliare. See {Humble}.]
     To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the
     eyes of others; to cause a loss of pride or dignity; to
     humble; to mortify.


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           We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  humiliate
       v : cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
           colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
           {mortify}, {chagrin}, {humble}, {abase}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "humiliate":
     abase, affront, beat down, bend, break, break down,
     bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bring to terms,
     call names, cast down, cast reproach upon, conquer, crush, debase,
     deflate, defrock, degrade, demean, deplume, disconcert, discredit,
     disgrace, dishonor, disoblige, displume, disturb, dump on,
     embarrass, fleer at, flout, gibe at, give offense to, humble,
     hurl a brickbat, impute shame to, insult, jeer at, jibe at,
     let down, lower, master, mock, mortify, offend, outrage,
     overmaster, overwhelm, pillory, put down, put out, put to shame,
     quell, reduce, reflect discredit upon, reproach, scoff at, shame,
     sink, subdue, suppress, taunt, trample underfoot, tread underfoot,
     treat with indignity, tyrannize, unfrock, unman