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- pronunciation:
- hyu
mI
li
eIt
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verb |
| inflections: |
humiliates, humiliating, humiliated |
| definition: |
to cause to lose pride or feel ashamed; embarrass.
The teasing by his friends humiliated John.- synonyms:
- embarrass
- antonyms:
- honor
- similar words:
- crush, disgrace, dishonor, humble, put to shame, shame
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| related words: |
affront, degrade, insult, offend, spite, wither |
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| derivations: |
humiliatingly (adv.), humiliator (n.) |
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