humiliated

[hyoo-mil-ee-ey-tid, yoo-]

adjective

1. made to feel a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; deeply embarrassed or put to shame.

   The strategy of the verbal abuser is to become the winner of every conversational debate and make the other person the humiliated loser.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of humiliate.

Other Word Forms

• unhumiliated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of humiliated¹

First recorded in 1760–70; humiliate + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective; humiliate + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb

Related Words

• ashamed 
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