HUMILIATED Definition & Meaning

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humiliated

[hyoo-mil-ee-ey-tid, yoo-]

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adjective

made to feel a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; deeply embarrassed or put to shame.
The strategy of the verbal abuser is to become the winner of every conversational debate and make the other person the humiliated loser.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of humiliate.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

unhumiliated adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of humiliated¹

First recorded in 1760–70; humiliate + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; humiliate + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

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I felt humiliated in a way that made no sense and total sense.

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"We have been humiliated, the Palestinian people are humiliated," he added.

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But over time, the encounters humiliated her, she said.

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Tucker claims in his lawsuit that Spitzer and others quashed the probe and then fired the investigator as an act of retaliation, leaving him humiliated and shunned by law enforcement.

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But she said they humiliated her, and sometimes lasted three to four days.

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