HUMILIATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does humiliate mean? • HUMILIATE (verb)
The verb HUMILIATE has 1 sense:
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Familiarity information: HUMILIATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HUMILIATE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
abase; chagrin; humiliate; humble; mortify
Context example:
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Hypernyms (to "humiliate" is one way to...):
bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound (hurt the feelings of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "humiliate"):
crush; demolish; smash (humiliate or depress completely)
degrade; demean; disgrace; put down; take down (reduce in worth or character, usually verbally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot humiliate Sue
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