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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