humiliating
adjective
[ hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪtɪŋ ]
• making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.
• "a humiliating defeat"
humiliate
verb
• make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.
• "you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!"
Similar:
embarrass,
mortify,
humble,
show up,
shame,
make ashamed,
put to shame,
disgrace,
discomfit,
chasten,
subdue,
abash,
abase,
debase,
demean,
degrade,
deflate,
crush,
quash,
squash,
bring down,
bring low,
cause to feel small,
cause to lose face,
make someone eat humble pie,
take down a peg or two,
put down,
cut down to size,
settle someone's hash,
make someone eat crow,
own,
embarrassing,
mortifying,
humbling,
ignominious,
inglorious,
shaming,
shameful,
discreditable,
undignified,
discomfiting,
chastening,
debasing,
demeaning,
degrading,
deflating,
crushing,
quashing,
squashing,
bringing down,
bringing low,
blush-making,
humiliatory,
Origin:
mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as humiliation ): from late Latin humiliat- ‘made humble’, from the verb humiliare, from humilis (see humble). The original meaning was ‘bring low’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
