Definition of humiliating
: extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling
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Civil rights advocates denounced Arpaio’s 2,000-bed tent city in South Phoenix as inhumane and humiliating to house inmates in Arizona’s blistering 110-plus F heat.
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The directors recalled the entire experience of making the movie as humiliating.
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No, of all the humiliating experiences as a reporter, that was very high up there.
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FLOTUS’s conspicuous solo appearance at Barbara Bush’s funeral, where she was observed in humiliating rebuke of her husband’s most cherished grudge by seeming to enjoy Barack Obama’s company?
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Just as in the first season, the most confident of these moments are the ones that outline exactly how grinding, humiliating, condescending, and horrifying the experience of being a Handmaid truly is.
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There are few things more humiliating than choosing between two teams who don't want you.
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Seeking Mr Trump’s personal patronage can be a precarious, humiliating affair.
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The suggestion that their wishes must be weighed against those of the Gulf Arabs and Israel is humiliating to European policy makers.
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First Known Use of humiliating
1757
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