Meaning of HUMILIATE
| Pronunciation: | | hyoo'milee`eyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] cause to fee shame; hurt the pride of |
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| | Synonyms: | | abase, chagrin, humble, mortify |
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| | See Also: | | bruise, crush, degrade, demean, demolish, disgrace, hurt, injure, offend, put down, spite, wound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hu*mil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humiliated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Humiliating}.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of
humiliare. See {Humble}.]
To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the
eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.
We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M.
Arnold.
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| | Related Terms: | | abase, affront, beat down, bend, break, break down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon, bring to terms, call names, cast down, cast reproach upon, conquer, crush, debase, deflate, defrock, degrade, demean, deplume, disconcert, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disoblige, displume, disturb, dump on, embarrass, fleer at, flout, gibe at, give offense to, humble, hurl a brickbat, impute shame to, insult, jeer at, jibe at, let down, lower, master, mock, mortify, offend, outrage, overmaster, overwhelm, pillory, put down, put out, put to shame, quell, reduce, reflect discredit upon, reproach, scoff at, shame, sink, subdue, suppress, taunt, trample underfoot, tread underfoot, treat with indignity, tyrannize, unfrock, unman |
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