humiliate
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
has humiliated
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present perfectof humiliate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Putting a tombstone on this season would be foolish given how history has humiliated such declarations, but ending the 17-year playoff drought is looking slimmer by the day.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2018
There’s nothing he likes more than the adulation of those those he has humiliated.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2017
He has humiliated and undercut his staff while requiring and rewarding flattery.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2017
There are many top-shelf coaches who have fumed silently as the N.C.A.A. has humiliated and unjustly punished their players.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2015
I have bowed before it, sorely though it has humiliated me.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
