Definition of humiliating in English:
humiliating
adjective hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪtɪŋ(h)juˈmɪliˌeɪdɪŋ
Making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.
Example sentencesExamples
- He was trapped, there was no way the commitments could be reduced without humiliating admissions of defeat.
- Soon they were joined by many soldiers who judged the agreement humiliating.
- I knew I blacked out a lot and I did humiliating things.
- All this is represented by his humiliating situation of wearing a dress.
- He wants to break our will so that we will accept his humiliating conditions.
- Sexual harassment is quite common in schools and can be humiliating and frightening.
- Time for a huge pot of coffee, loads of toast; time for another humiliating picture from my radio days.
- Nye described her experience that day as humiliating.
- That first Chechen war ended in humiliating defeat for the Russian forces in 1996.
- He could only wait for the humiliating laughter to die away.
- The Opium War, also called the Anglo-Chinese War, was the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered.
- It would have been humiliating to say that to an educated individual.
- I personally think the practice is insulting and humiliating, especially in a business setting.
- But for me it is humiliating to surrender to this pessimism.
- My wife had to wash me like a child, which felt degrading and humiliating.
- And when the only fate awaiting them is torture, death becomes the other less humiliating option.
- The grocery shopping was the most humiliating part of the trip.
- Later she overheard her supervisor bragging about this humiliating order to others.
- It was a swift response to a disappointing, perhaps humiliating, day for the brothers.
- After a humiliating job interview and a nearly lethal trip to the welfare office, Dude goes to see his Uncle Dave.
Definition of humiliating in US English:
humiliating
adjective(h)yo͞oˈmilēˌādiNG(h)juˈmɪliˌeɪdɪŋ
Causing someone to feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect.
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a swift response to a disappointing, perhaps humiliating, day for the brothers.
- Soon they were joined by many soldiers who judged the agreement humiliating.
- It would have been humiliating to say that to an educated individual.
- Sexual harassment is quite common in schools and can be humiliating and frightening.
- And when the only fate awaiting them is torture, death becomes the other less humiliating option.
- My wife had to wash me like a child, which felt degrading and humiliating.
- Nye described her experience that day as humiliating.
- The grocery shopping was the most humiliating part of the trip.
- Later she overheard her supervisor bragging about this humiliating order to others.
- After a humiliating job interview and a nearly lethal trip to the welfare office, Dude goes to see his Uncle Dave.
- That first Chechen war ended in humiliating defeat for the Russian forces in 1996.
- He wants to break our will so that we will accept his humiliating conditions.
- I personally think the practice is insulting and humiliating, especially in a business setting.
- All this is represented by his humiliating situation of wearing a dress.
- I knew I blacked out a lot and I did humiliating things.
- The Opium War, also called the Anglo-Chinese War, was the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered.
- He could only wait for the humiliating laughter to die away.
- Time for a huge pot of coffee, loads of toast; time for another humiliating picture from my radio days.
- He was trapped, there was no way the commitments could be reduced without humiliating admissions of defeat.
- But for me it is humiliating to surrender to this pessimism.