humiliating

adjective

hu·​mil·​i·​at·​ing hyü-ˈmi-lē-ˌā-tiŋ How to pronounce humiliating (audio)
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: extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling
humiliatingly adverb

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After some humiliating busywork, his patron dies and he’s left to fend for himself, acquiring his own land for farming and attempting to make a citizen of himself. Kambole Campbell, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024 There was a vengeful, humiliating edge to all of it. Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 Indeed, among the movie’s more affecting scenes are those in which Fegan’s victims are clearly moved to meet the real Tegan, despite — or perhaps because of — the humiliating experiences that (sort of) involved her. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024 The Yankees had beaten the Dodgers in humiliating fashion in 1977 and 1978 and jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1981 Fall Classic . Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for humiliating 

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of humiliating was in 1757

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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humiliating. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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