humiliation
an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.
Origin of humiliation
1synonym study For humiliation
Other words for humiliation
Other words from humiliation
- re·hu·mil·i·a·tion, noun
- self-hu·mil·i·a·tion, noun
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How to use humiliation in a sentence
Any intimacy required vulnerability, and vulnerability inevitably led back to humiliation.
The pandemic, police say, has exacerbated the practice — and the devastating humiliation that it can carry.
With children stuck at home during coronavirus shutdowns, online sexual predators can swoop in | Dan Morse | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostA national humiliation has been recast as an interesting piece of trivia, largely because the United States need no longer fear invasion by a foreign foe.
The similarities to the last invasion of the Capitol matter — so do the differences | Lawrence Hatter | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe Steelers packed a startling barrage of humiliation into the first quarter, a mixture of slapstick disaster and physical inadequacy.
Browns shake off their history, secure first playoff win since 1995 | Adam Kilgore, Des Bieler | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostLGBTQ Americans deserve the health care that they need without fear of mistreatment, harassment, or humiliation.
Judge blocks Trump admin from enforcing anti-trans health care rule | Chris Johnson | August 17, 2020 | Washington Blade
In a romantic relationship, facing humiliation or awkwardness is a strong possibility.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating | Ellie Schaack | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTNude prisoners were kept in a central area, and walked around as a form of humiliation.
The phrase somehow transforms humiliation into an act of personal liberation.
And she prefers living with other women who understand the humiliation she went through.
Escaping Assad’s Rape Prisons: A Survivor Tells Her Story | Jamie Dettmer | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe humiliation of the Hill-Thomas hearings was still too fresh for them.
And Now Mitch McConnell Is the ‘Pro-Woman’ Candidate! | Eleanor Clift | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPrud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementShe had not advanced as rapidly as she had hoped to do, and it would be insupportable humiliation to return.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAnd what humiliation to know that in your youth you are really wooed for the sake of the race alone, no matter what the delusions.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottAnger and humiliation extinguish my momentary impulse to rush to her assistance.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
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