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Definition of humiliating
: extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling
humiliatingly
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The 709 Crackdown ushered in a humiliating parade of public confessions by lawyers including Wang Yu, Xie Xang and Zhang Kai.
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And to think, this isn't even close to the most humiliating thing he's put his wife through recently!
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More than half a dozen GOP senators have expressed problems with the measure, and a defeat would be a humiliating setback for Trump and McConnell on one of their party's top priorities.
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Poor dental care can be both humiliating and life-threatening, and those who wait in lines for hours at free clinics in tents or local stadiums are often given the chance to fix one thing, and little else.
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Instead, Trump tore into Obama for negotiating, in his view, a humiliating deal that had foreign leaders laughing at the US.
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Tillman left the game with the Orioles trailing by nine runs, setting the stage for their worst loss of the season, a humiliating 16-3 defeat at Yankee Stadium.
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Instead, British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a humiliating setback in Thursday's general election, raising questions about both her own position and the U.K.'s upcoming divorce from the European Union.
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Stung by the intentionally humiliating manner of his firing, Comey, whose sense of his own dignity may exceed even his height, today cast long shadows over Trump’s presidency.
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First Known Use of humiliating
1757
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