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Humiliate

//hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of. transitive

    "The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch."

  2. 2
    cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of wordnet
  3. 3
    To make humble; to lower in condition or status. transitive
  4. 4
    To defeat overwhelmingly. transitive

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

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