humiliate

/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/

verb 3

Collocations

ADV

deeply | totally, utterly

publicly

She felt deeply humiliated when her boss criticized her mistake in front of the entire team.

PREP

in front of

She felt humiliated in front of her classmates when she tripped during the presentation.

PHRASES

feel humiliated

She felt humiliated when her presentation failed in front of the whole company.

verb

To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.

He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.

To make humble; to lower in condition or status.

To defeat overwhelmingly.

verb — cause to feel shame

The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.

Wiktionary

He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.

Wiktionary

The harsh comments from the coach humiliated the player in front of the team.

Wiktionary

Where did you humiliate them?

Tatoeba · #1885517

I just want to humiliate Tom.

Tatoeba · #2013552

I don't want to humiliate Tom.

Tatoeba · #2013904

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