Humiliation

//hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "humiliation" (111 found)

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Translations

129 translations across 60 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • poshtërim noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ταπείνωσις noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Arabic

1 entries
  • إِذْلَال noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Armenian

2 entries
  • նվաստացում noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ստորացում noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • alçaltma noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • təhqir noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • прыніжэ́нне noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • прыніжэ́нне noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • прыніжэ́ньне noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • прыніжэ́ньне noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • униже́ние noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • униже́ние noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Catalan

2 entries
  • humiliació noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • humiliació noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 屈辱 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • 恥辱 /耻辱 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • 污辱 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • 羞辱 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Czech

2 entries
  • ponížení noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ponížení noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Danish

2 entries
  • ydmygelse noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ydmygelse noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Dari

1 entries
  • تَحْقِیر noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Dutch

2 entries
  • vernedering noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • vernedering noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • humiligo noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • humiligo noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Estonian

1 entries
  • alandus noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Finnish

4 entries
  • nolaus noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • nöyryyttäminen noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • nöyryytys noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • nöyryytys noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

French

2 entries
  • humiliation noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • humiliation noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Galician

1 entries
  • humillación noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დამცირება noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • დამცირება noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

German

4 entries
  • Demütigung noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • Demütigung noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • Erniedrigung noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • Erniedrigung noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Greek

1 entries
  • ταπείνωση noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הַשׁפָּלָה noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अपमान noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • अपमानित noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • निरादर noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • megaláztatás noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • megalázás noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • auðmýking noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • lítillækkun noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • niðurlæging noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • penghinaan noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • penghinaan noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • تَحْقیر noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ذِلَّت noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Irish

3 entries
  • bochtaineacht noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • náiriú noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • uirísliú noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Italian

3 entries
  • smacco noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • umiliazione noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • umiliazione noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 屈辱 noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • 恥 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • 恥辱 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • 汚辱 noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • кемсіту noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • кеміту noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • қорлау noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ការបញ្ចុះ noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ការអាម៉ាស់មុខ noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Korean

3 entries
  • 굴욕 noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • 오욕 noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • 치욕 noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • басынтуу noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • кемитүү noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • кемсинтүү noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • кемситүү noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pazemojums noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pažeminimas noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • понижување noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • ydmykelse noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ydmykelse noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • audmjuking noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • audmjuking noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Occitan

1 entries
  • umiliacion noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Oromo

1 entries
  • salphina noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Polish

3 entries
  • poniżenie noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • upokorzenie noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • upokorzenie noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • humilhação noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • humilhação noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Romanian

3 entries
  • rușine noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • umilire noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • înjosire noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Russian

2 entries
  • униже́ние noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • униже́ние noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ponižavanje noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ponižavanje noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • понижавање noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • понижавање noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Slovak

1 entries
  • poníženie noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ponižanje noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Spanish

3 entries
  • humillación noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • humillación noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)
  • papeada noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förödmjukelse noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • förödmjukelse noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pag-ayop noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Tajik

2 entries
  • зиллат noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • таҳқир noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Thai

1 entries
  • การฉีกหน้า noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Turkish

2 entries
  • aşağılama noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • küçük düşürme noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • прини́ження noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • прини́ження noun (the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بے عِزَّتِی noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • تَحْقِیر noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • تَذْلِیل noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • ذِلَّت noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • kamsitish noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • xoʻrlash noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • sự hạ thấp noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • sự làm nhục noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Volapük

1 entries
  • mükükam noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • xeder kerden noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)
  • şıkınaynen noun (the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification)

Sample sentences

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How can you bear such a humiliation?

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What is failure but humiliation, when it doesn't inspire the genius to overcome old barriers?

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Failure is nothing but humiliation when it doesn't inspire the genius to overcome old barriers.

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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.

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