humiliating
adjective
lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying.
self-humiliating
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a word derived from
humiliating.
Example Sentences
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Is it not at the peril of our souls wilfully to violate this self-humiliating but imperative law?—Ed.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
His rapid advance from Outer Purgatory to Purgatory was due to the merit of a self-humiliating act performed in favor of a friend.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by John T. (John Theodore) Slattery
