Humiliating Meaning
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjLiable 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."— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
verbpresent participle and gerund of humiliate
nounAn 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 […]"— 2013, Stephen Mumford, Rani Lill Anjum, Causation: A Very Short Introduction, page 76:
Sentence Examples
She likes humiliating people.
You can't imagine how humiliating this is.
They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Failing the important exam in front of everyone was a ____ experience for her.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team's sudden defeat was a ____ experience that they would never forget.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Failing the important exam in front of everyone was a ____ experience for her.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The team's sudden defeat was a ____ experience that they would never forget.