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humiliation

[ hyoo-mil-ee-ey-shuhnor, often, yoo- ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of humiliating humiliating or being humiliated.
  2. the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.

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Other Word Forms

  • h·i·tDz noun
  • -·i·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of humiliation1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin ܳپō- (stem of ܳپō ). See humiliate, -ion
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Synonym Study

See shame.
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Instead, this was a group of wounded animals, still bruised from their Champions League semi-final humiliation on Sunday and keen to put it right.

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As an elderly man he also suffered from pain in his right knee, which he described as a "physical humiliation".

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Pain, fear, panic attacks, humiliation, withholding information, harassment of my team to silence me... and this isn't even the full list of what I've had to endure.

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A report filed by a lawyer who later visited Mr Mushtaha noted he had been "subjected to severe beatings, humiliation, degradation and stripping during his arrest until he was transferred to prison".

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Why do celebrities put themselves through such humiliation?

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