humiliate
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
are humiliating
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present progressiveof humiliate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She acknowledges that people have the right to share their stories online "to try to seek support and sympathy", but she says these livestreams "lack dignity, and are humiliating".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2022
“They are humiliating people with a bag of milk,” shouted one protester at a rally on a main highway north of Beirut.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
Big scores are humiliating and difficult to swallow, but I don’t think they have a special meaning.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2011
Ask Springer if he believes, in his heart, that his guests are humiliating themselves, and he will call the question elitist.
From Time Magazine Archive
But how many facts connected with human beings if sternly considered are humiliating!
From December Love by Hichens, Robert Smythe
