Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HUMILIATE
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)
(transitive) To injure the dignity and self-respect of.
(transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
Synonyms
• debase
• demean
• disgrace
• humble
• mortify
• shame
• See also abash
Antonyms
• dignify
• honor
Source: Wiktionary
Hu*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Humiliating.] Etym: [L. humiliatus, p.p. of humiliare. See Humble.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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