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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Adult death is always strangely humiliating but this was something more, conceptually distressing, theoretically immoderate, elaborately unkind.
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Which is the most humiliating story of all?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Legette had to leap on the ball to keep the play at the humiliating level and not catastrophic.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Which must make this year’s 37-0 home loss to the Hawkeyes (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) feel even more humiliating.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Which is the most humiliating story of all?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
Legette had to leap on the ball to keep the play at the humiliating level and not catastrophic.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Which must make this year’s 37-0 home loss to the Hawkeyes (4-2, 2-1 Big Ten) feel even more humiliating.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humiliating. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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