humiliate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *humiliate*:
VERB	emotion	humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase	cause to feel shame

humiliate > pronunciation
Sounds	hhyuwmih'liyey.t
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *humiliate*: 1 sense > verb 1, emotion
Meaning	Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	Sam cannot humiliate Sue
Example	"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
Synonyms	mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
Narrower	crush, smash	humiliate or depress completely
Narrower	take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down	Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Broader	hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite	hurt the feelings of
Spanish	apocar, degradar, despreciar, humillar, mortificar
Catalan	apocar, humiliar, menysprear, mortificar
Nouns	humiliation	depriving one of self-esteem
	humiliation	an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
	humiliation	strong feelings of embarrassment
	humiliation	state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

HyperDic: humiliate