HUMILIATED Synonyms: 156 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in embarrassed

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verb

past tense of humiliate

as in discredited

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets

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Adjective

The incident was captured on jail surveillance footage, and Jenkins added that Musto's actions made the inmate feel humiliated and embarrassed. — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Verb

However, Rob Shuter is reporting that Meghan believes Kate purposefully humiliated her by recently taking Princess Charlotte on the London Underground. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2026 His daughter is humiliated, and the message could not be clearer. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 One of its proof points was supposed to be Maine, where Graham Platner humiliated the party establishment, then himself. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 But the Saudis, humiliated by their losses in Yemen, seem likely to lash out. — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 When she and the other part-time employees were told their positions were being eliminated, Valcarcel said she felt humiliated and disrespected. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026 On a cold night in November 2011, in a field outside Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, a gang of thugs stormed a Soviet scientific research institute, beat and humiliated the staff and burned the place to the ground. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 My husband was humiliated, he was degraded, and not able to defend himself. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 Fiorentina’s centenary was spoiled by another hefty loss as it was humiliated 3-0 at home by Frosinone. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliated

Adjective

By the time Lee’s moved on to thanking his dad for not believing him, thereby giving him something to prove, an embarrassed Frances is making a quick run for the exit.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Dallas got thoroughly embarrassed at home by a winless Buccaneers squad, surrendering 241 rushing yards and making an 0-4 offense look explosive.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of embarrassed

Verb

Milli Vanilli won a Grammy, got all this attention and then got discredited and didn’t replace Barbra Streisand or Bruce Springsteen or Taylor Swift or the Eurythmics or The Rolling Stones.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Scientists have thoroughly discredited such claims for decades.

— Ashique KhudaBukhsh, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of discredited

Verb

But children with lice are often shamed and unnecessarily excluded from attending school.

— Emily J. C. Wong, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
As news of the allegations spread, some discussions were supportive of Doe, but others shamed her in conversations, a former member of Doe’s sorority, Delta Delta Delta, told NBC News.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of shamed

Adjective

This journey culminated in the 2018 production at Glyndebourne, which accomplished the feat of finally reducing (most of) the London critics to abashed admiration.

— Russell Platt, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
Privacy concerns cause abashed feeling in Silicon Valley Zuckerberg's potential retort comes after Apple's Cook made comments at the end of March in an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes.

— Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018

Definition of abashed

Verb

The highfalutin Dodgers organization has surely been humbled by this.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
To the show’s credit, this Ultron is a highly entertaining creation, allowing Spader to layer some of his signature sardonic air to a character who’s still cynical, but much humbled from his supervillain days.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of humbled

Verb

Despite their high-profile 1996 divorce, disgraced ex-Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson remained extremely close for years.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2026
Hugo Weaving plays a brilliant but disgraced attorney, drowning in debt, who reluctantly defends an allegedly dangerous dog, battling to save its life.

— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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