About The Word Humiliation
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Humiliation
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What's The Definition Of Humiliation?
[n] depriving one of self-esteem
[n] an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another" [n] strong feelings of embarrassment [n] state of disgrace or loss of self-respect Synonyms | Synonyms for Humiliation: abasement | chagrin | mortification | mortification Related Terms | Find terms related to Humiliation: abasement | affront | aspersion | atrocity | awkwardness | belittlement | breaking | brickbat | burning shame | byword | byword of reproach | comedown | conquering | contempt | contumely | crushing | cut | cut direct | debasement | deflation | degradation | depreciation | derogation | descent | despite | detraction | dirty shame | disconcertedness | discredit | disgrace | dishonor | disparagement | disregard | domestication | dump | embarrassment | enormity | flout | flouting | gentling | gibe | hangdog look | humbled pride | humbling | ignominy | indignity | injury | insult | jeer | jeering | letdown | low-down dirty shame | mock | mockery | mortification | obloquy | offense | outrage | put-down | quelling | rebuff | reduction | reproach | repulse | scandal | scoff | scurrility | self-abasement | self-abnegation | self-diminishment | setdown | shame | shamefacedness | shamefastness | shaming | slight | sneer | sniff | snort | snub | spurn | spurning | subdual | suppression | taming | taunt | the cold shoulder | the go-by | treading down | uncomplimentary remark See Also | abasement | abjection | case | comedown | debasement | degradation | degradation | disgrace | embarrassment | example | ignominy | instance | shame Humiliation In Webster's Dictionary \Hu*mil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F.
humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride;
mortification. --Bp. Hopkins.
2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to
lowliness or submission.
The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a
humiliation of manhood. --Hooker.
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