In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HUMILIATING
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying
(adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings; “golf is a humbling game”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
humiliating (comparative more humiliating, superlative most humiliating)
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
Verb
humiliating
present participle of humiliate
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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DISPERSION
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