humiliating
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humiliating
- /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/
adjective more humiliating · most humiliating
- Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone. 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.
verb
- present participle and gerund of humiliate
noun humiliatings
- An act of humiliation. 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 […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: humbling, demeaning, mortifying, undignified, shame, embarrassing, degrading, shaming, ashamed, shameful, derogatory, disgraceful, offensive, outrageous, insulting, abusive
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adj liable to humiliate
| Español | humillante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 屈辱的な kutsujokuteki na |
| 中文 | 讓人感到羞辱的 /让人感到羞辱的 ràng rén gǎndào xiūrǔ de |
| Português | humilhante |
| Français | humiliant |
| Deutsch | erniedrigend, entwürdigend |
| Italiano | avvilente, umiliante |
| Русский | унизи́тельный unizítelʹnyj, унижающий unižajuščij |
Talk about this word "humiliating." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/humiliating. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. humiliating. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/humiliating "humiliating." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/humiliating.Cite this
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