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单词 humiliate
释义
humiliate
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v

Humiliate means to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, often publicly. It would humiliate all but the most self-assured person to realize that everyone else in the room has noticed their fly is down.
For many, the experience of high school seems designed to humiliate teens––under the microscope of public scrutiny that is the high school community, every break up, every bad-hair day, every forgotten homework assignment humiliates kids in ways adults rarely understand.
WORD FAMILY
humiliate: humiliated, humiliates, humiliating, humiliation+/humiliating: humiliatingly/humiliation: humiliations
USAGE EXAMPLES
Buying clothes with a 68 waist was humiliating.
New York Times(May 02, 2016)
Under the new guidelines, Syed said he worried he might again be suspended and humiliated.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016)
Finally America allowed itself to be humiliated by Russia in Syria.
The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016)
v cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
abase, chagrin, humble, mortify
crush, demolish, smash
humiliate or depress completely
degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
reduce
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
dehumanise, dehumanize
deprive of human qualities
bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
hurt the feelings of
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