humiliate

CEFRC1

/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make someone feel ashamed or lose their dignity.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To defeat overwhelmingly.

Examples

  • Your goal is to control and humiliate others.

  • I just want to humiliate Tom.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To make humble; to lower in condition or status.

  2. To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

More examples

In context

  • Where did you humiliate them?

  • He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.

  • The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.