humiliating
adjectiveverbnouncommon in dialogue
- //hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ//
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
adjective
- 1
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
verb
- 1
Also a form of humiliatepresent participle and gerund of humiliate
noun
- 1
An act of humiliation.
We have various events or processes, therefore: cuttings, kickings, humiliatings, panickings, puncturings, smashings, blowings, and swellings. These are the things that really go on in the world and causation is perhaps just a label […]
Forms
- plural
- humiliatings
- comparative
- more humiliating
- superlative
- most humiliating
humidity · Dampness, especially that of the air.humiliate · To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and…humiliated · deprived of dignity or self-respect
humiliating · Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
humiliation · The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of…humility · The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character…humming · Making a hum sound.