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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The meltdown peaked in the fourth inning when Willson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu launched back-to-back homers, pushing the score to a humiliating 10-2.
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
The French Revolution, coming so soon after America’s successful War of Independence, had produced first the Terror and then a war of conquest that culminated in humiliating defeat.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Not when the meltdown is that complete, that historic, that humiliating.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
But the pitcher who delivered the best start of this series against the San Francisco Giants, and the one that stood tall between the Giants and what would have been a humiliating sweep, was Tyler Glasnow.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
The French Revolution, coming so soon after America’s successful War of Independence, had produced first the Terror and then a war of conquest that culminated in humiliating defeat.
—Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Not when the meltdown is that complete, that historic, that humiliating.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
But the pitcher who delivered the best start of this series against the San Francisco Giants, and the one that stood tall between the Giants and what would have been a humiliating sweep, was Tyler Glasnow.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humiliating. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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