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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Recent Examples of humiliated

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

My husband was humiliated, he was degraded, and not able to defend himself. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026 Their time in Fiji was marked by endless drama, with Sincere often lying and leaving Melanie feeling humiliated on several occasions. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026 After being humiliated and outsmarted when Julia escaped his grasp with Henry’s help in the season one finale, Lovat is presumably more dangerous than ever — and Henry will need to find a way back to save her once again. — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 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 She was so thoroughly humiliated that a fellow female in the academy came to her with some Scotch tape to try to cover her up. — Wilbert L. Cooper, Longreads, 25 Aug. 2026 In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Each action can increase the pressure on the person being humiliated. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliated

Adjective

The internet was torching Mount Carmel, which was getting embarrassed on ESPN.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
No parent wants their child to feel left out, embarrassed or rejected.

— Caroline Chirichella, Parents, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of embarrassed

Verb

Inflicting these details on the jury, the children’s family members, and the public served no discernible purpose in establishing Clancy’s mens rea, which might have discredited her not-guilty plea.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
After the exam was discredited, at least 20 students died by suicide, according to Agence France-Presse.

— Philip Wang, Time, 25 July 2026

Definition of discredited

Verb

He's race-baiting to appease the people who shamed him for his previous juvenile lifestyle, while quietly surrounding himself with mostly white men.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Amid the jubilation, there is a darker side to the liberation as woman who fraternized with German soldiers are tracked down and publicly shamed.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 31 Aug. 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 alert, stoic animal seems awestruck and humbled by some of the artworks and skeptical of others.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Jude also took being humbled by Christian, who once made a dress in four hours for an Emmy-winning Jean Smart, pretty well.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of humbled

Verb

Eugenie, who is twelfth in line to the British throne, is the second daughter of King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
The pair’s announcement comes shortly after RadarOnline reported that Eugenie’s father, disgraced former Prince Andrew, will not meet Adelaide in person.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2026

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