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v. To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade.

v. To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

v. To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to cause a loss of pride or dignity; to humble; to mortify.

To cause to be or appear lower or more humble; depress; especially, to abase in estimation; subject to shame or disgrace; mortify: as, to humiliate one's self by a confession; to humiliate a boaster.

Synonyms Debase, Degrade, etc. (see abase); mortify, shame, put to shame, put down, dishonor.

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

"Scotland's Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who will welcome Benedict when he arrives in Edinburgh on Thursday (Sept. 16), recently voiced bitterness over press coverage when he accused the government-funded British Broadcasting Company of attempting to "humiliate" Benedict."

humiliated    humiliates    humiliating   

bruise    hurt    offend    spite    injure    wound   

humble    humility    humiliation   

demean    take down    degrade    crush    disgrace    smash    demolish    put down   

humiliated    humiliating   

humble    mortify    abas    shame    abash    disgrace    debase   

affiliate    unaffiliate   

Embarrass    shameful    painful    disagreeable    ignominious    ludicrous    degrade    frighten    tedious    disastrous