In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HUMILIATED
embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
(adjective) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; “too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street”; “humiliated that his wife had to go out to work”; “felt mortified by the comparison with her sister”
broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
(adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status; “brought low”; “a broken man”; “his broken spirit”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
humiliated
simple past tense and past participle of humiliate
Adjective
humiliated
deprived of dignity or self-respect
Synonyms
• degraded
Source: Wiktionary
HUMILIATE
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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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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