humiliation

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

noun

1. an act or instance of humiliating humiliating or being humiliated.

2. the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.

   Synonyms: dishonor, degradation

Other Word Forms

• rehumiliation noun
• self-humiliation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of humiliation¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin humiliātiōn- (stem of humiliātiō ). See humiliate, -ion

Synonym Study

See shame.

Related Words

• confusion 
• degradation 
• disgrace 
• ignominy 
• indignity 
• shame