humiliate
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
is humiliating
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present progressiveof humiliate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If getting your shot swatted by Wembanyama is humiliating, though, avoiding that shot altogether can be far worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
She didn’t like that film because the studio is humiliating her.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
It’s just this really humiliating moment for him — most of the movie is humiliating, just like a sequence of humiliation moments for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
"It is a thing of the past, it is almost archaeological, it is humiliating," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2022
It is humiliating before others to have a diarrhoea from ptomaine poisoning or to vomit from it.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
