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humiliating
CEFRB2
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Making someone feel very ashamed or embarrassed.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailAn act of humiliation.
Examples
They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team.
You can't imagine how humiliating this is.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningspresent participle and gerund of humiliate
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
More examples
In contextShe likes humiliating people.
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.
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 […]
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