Definition of humiliates Humiliates

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What does humiliates mean?

Part of speech

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  • humiliates, verb, present, 3rd person singular of humiliate (infinitive).

WordNet

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Verb

humiliates, humiliating, humiliated  

humiliate - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
  mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
  spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to
  demolish, crush, smash defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
  demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • humiliate (v. t.)
    To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • humiliate
    To destroy somebody's confidence or happiness; to humiliate.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • humiliate
    hū-mil′i-āt, v.t. to make humble: to depress: to lower in condition.—adjs. Humil′iant, humiliating; Humil′iāting, humbling, mortifying.—n. Humiliā′tion, the act of humiliating: abasement: mortification. [L. humiliāre, -ātum.]

Part of speech

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  • humiliate, verb, present, 1st person singular of humiliate (infinitive).
  • humiliate, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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