Humiliate

/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/

Synonyms for "humiliate" (146 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Verb(8 words)

abase mortify abases abash belittle belittles chagrin chagrinned

abase abash affrontbeat downbend breakbreak downbring into discreditbring lowbring shame uponbring to termscall namescast downcast reproach uponchaste conquer crush

Adjective(2 words)

abased abashed

Noun(3 words)

bagel chagrining chagrinning

Strong matches (43)

debase deflate defrock degrade demean deplume devastate diminish disconcert discredit disgrace dishonor disoblige displume disturbdump onembarrass fleerfleer atflout

Verb(16 words)

debasing degradedegrade habitatsdegraded degrades dehumanise dehumanize dehumanizes demean demeaned demeans disgraced disgracing embarrassed embarrasses galled

Noun(5 words)

degradation programdegrading demeaning dishonoringdisrespect trend

Adjective(2 words)

embarrassing galling

Related words (73)

gibegibe atgive offense tohumblehurl a brickbatimpute shame toinsult jeerjeer atjibe atlet downlibel lower master mock mortify offend outrage overmaster overwhelm

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patronize pillory pullput downput output to shamequell reducereflect discredit uponreproachscoff atshame sink squelch subdue subjugate suppress take taunttrample underfoottread underfoottreat with indignitytyrannize unfrock unman

Verb(15 words)

hazed humble humbled humbles insult mortified mortifies pilloried pwns shame shamed stultified stultifies stultify trounced

Adjective(3 words)

humblest mortifying stultifying

Noun(10 words)

jackasses pillories pillorying shames shaming stoops tashmit teabag wedgies worsts

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

action behavior bruise hurt injure offend spite wound

More specific

4 entries

demeaning actpublic shamingridicule shaming

Collocations

5 entries

act of humiliationpsychological humiliationpublic humiliationpublic shamingsocial humiliation

Inflections

3 entries

humiliated humiliates humiliating

Derivations

4 entries

humiliating humiliatingly humiliation humiliator

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Once social change begins it can not be reversed. You can not un-educate the person who has learned to read. You can not humiliate the person who feels pride. You can not oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.

Source: tatoeba (1508652)

Where did you humiliate them?

Source: tatoeba (1885517)

I just want to humiliate Tom.

Source: tatoeba (2013552)

I don't want to humiliate Tom.

Source: tatoeba (2013904)

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