[VN] to make sb feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people:
I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues. * I've never felt so humiliated. * How could I humiliate myself like that? * The party was humiliated in the recent elections.
humiliating adjective:
a humiliating defeat * It was the most humiliating night of his life.
humiliation noun [U,C]:
She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public. * The election result is a humiliation for our party.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is humiliate a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, humiliate is tagged as verb.
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