humiliating

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adjective

hu·​mil·​i·​at·​ing hyü-ˈmi-lē-ˌā-tiŋ How to pronounce humiliating (audio)
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Synonyms of humiliatingnext
: extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling
humiliatingly adverb

humiliating

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present participle of humiliate

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There's something deeply exhausting about it and a bit humiliating. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 For him, the experience was humiliating, no matter the weather. — Kathleen Toner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 Israeli soldiers filmed themselves in high definition laughing, looting homes, destroying entire rows of buildings, humiliating civilians, even killing them. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 The mythical image of the chivalrous mobster offered a way to ease the humiliating memory of losing the war and carried a nationalist charge, exploited in movies set amid black markets, rapacious Americans, and panpan girls. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for humiliating

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1757, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of humiliating was in 1757

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