humiliate
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
have been humiliating
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present perfect progressiveof humiliate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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When the UConn coach turned down a $70-million job offer to come to L.A., it might have been humiliating for the storied franchise but it ignited a rebirth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
Failure to pass the bill would have been humiliating for McCarthy.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
“It becomes a way of articulating what might in the past have been humiliating and uncomfortable and discouraging,” Dr. Dweck said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
If it were any other Power Five football conference, the initial impression would have been humiliating, devastating and everlasting.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2019
For his proud and commanding nature such relations with any other person would have been humiliating; now, however, not only did he not feel humiliated, but he was thankful to her as to his sovereign.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
