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hu·mil·i·ate Listen to audio/hjuˈmɪliˌeɪt/ verb
hu·mil·i·ates; hu·mil·i·at·ed; hu·mil·i·at·ing
[+ obj] : to make (someone) feel very ashamed or foolish
I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation. He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public. She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.
— humiliating adjective [more humiliating; most humiliating]
It was a humiliating defeat.
— hu·mil·i·a·tion Listen to audio /hjuˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/ noun, plural hu·mil·i·a·tions
[noncount] I can't take any more humiliation. [count] The loss would be one more humiliation for our team.

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