humiliating
adjective
hu·mil·i·at·ing
hyü-ˈmi-lē-ˌā-tiŋ 
yü-
: extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling
humiliatingly
adverb
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Read: The price of humiliating Nicolás Maduro Now Machado appears to be trying to reconcile both sides.
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
There’s a lot in there that could have been very humiliating—for myself, too.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
This juxtaposition — between a humiliating, critical father and an adoring, idealizing mother — may have fractured Hitler’s developing sense of self.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Instead, the revolutionaries relied on more subtle but equally effective means: publicly humiliating prominent loyalists and destroying their stature in the local community.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
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Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
There’s a lot in there that could have been very humiliating—for myself, too.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
This juxtaposition — between a humiliating, critical father and an adoring, idealizing mother — may have fractured Hitler’s developing sense of self.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Instead, the revolutionaries relied on more subtle but equally effective means: publicly humiliating prominent loyalists and destroying their stature in the local community.
—Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for humiliating
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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humiliating. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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