Humiliated

4 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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
     [1913 Webster]

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

  humiliated \humiliated\ adj.
     brought low in condition or status; reduced in dignity;
     humbled; mortified.
  
     Syn: broken, crushed, humbled, low, mortified.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  humiliated
       adj 1: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought
              low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: {broken},
               {crushed}, {humbled}, {low}]
       2: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded
          pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father
          on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to
          work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
          [syn: {embarrassed}, {mortified}]

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

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "humiliated":
     abashed, ashamed, blushing, broken, brought low, chagrined,
     chapfallen, crestfallen, crushed, domesticated, embarrassed,
     hangdog, housebroke, housebroken, humbled, made to grovel,
     mortified, out of countenance, quelled, red-faced, reduced, shamed,
     shamefaced, shamefast, subdued, tamed