humiliation
Americannoun
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an act or instance of humiliating humiliating or being humiliated.
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the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.
- Synonyms:
- dishonor, degradation
Related Words
See shame.
Other Word Forms
- rehumiliation noun
- self-humiliation noun
Etymology
Origin of humiliation
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin humiliātiōn- (stem of humiliātiō ). See humiliate, -ion
Example Sentences
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A panel of judges at Seoul Central District Court completed Yoon's humiliation on Thursday, sentencing the 65-year-old to life in prison after finding him guilty of insurrection.
From Barron's
That point could have been made without humiliation.
From Los Angeles Times
Yesterday's shift in policy was both a U-turn, and a humiliation for Local Government Secretary Steve Reed.
From BBC
I would apologize, I decided, but I had not abandoned my resolve to avoid any possible pain or public humiliation at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School.
From Literature
Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.
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