单词 | humiliating |
释义 | humiliating From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhumiliatinghu‧mil‧i‧at‧ing /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/ adjectiveASHAMEDmaking you feel ashamed, embarrassed, and angry because you have been made to look weak or stupid SYN embarrassinghumiliating defeat a —humiliatingly adverbExamples from the Corpushumiliating• I had to apologize in front of everyone - it was so humiliating.• It was really so incredibly humiliating.• Meanwhile, Vanessa herself suffers a downfall as humiliating as it is spectacular.• Since nobody else had been found, Hayling offered Thornton the Chairmanship, but the executive attached two humiliating conditions.• Anderson suffered a humiliating defeat in the last election.• We think, however, that most athletes would find a gynaecological examination purely for gender verification a humiliating experience.• The brand might be no mark of honour at all - but a culminating cruel humiliating jape.• To emphasise his authority the unforgiving Rangers boss exposed Roberts to a humiliating period as a reserve team substitute.• Inexplicable and downright humiliating, she thought angrily.• This was never more humiliating than in the category Most Fanciable Male.humiliating defeat• But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat.• He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat.• It's always a good laugh watching him getting increasingly irritated with the interviewer after a humiliating defeat.• The next levy proposed by Wolsey met with an even more humiliating defeat.• But a humiliating defeat at Bradford last Sunday had the Leeds fans spitting fury in radio phone-ins.• It was a humiliating defeat for Callaghan.• The referendum was a humiliating defeat for the unpopular Mr Khasbulatov.• Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts. |
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