Humiliating

//hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of humiliation. countable, uncountable

    "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 […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of humiliate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing awareness of your shortcomings wordnet

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abusiveatrociousawkwardbackhandbackhandedbase

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"You can't imagine how humiliating this is."

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