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

Examples of humiliating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shaming or humiliating people online often pushes them further into extremist rabbit holes. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 30 July 2026

Chad Powers season 2 sees the actor reprise his role as Russ Holliday, a former star college quarterback who fumbled his promising career after a humiliating championship-game meltdown. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

He’s been put off by Rhaenyra but not in any really humiliating way. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Long before October 2023, Gaza’s people suffered international sanctions, a humiliating occupation, and periodic Israeli bombardments. — Helen Epstein, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for humiliating

• abdicating
• abrogating
• activating
• actuating
• advocating
• aggravating
• aggregating
• agitating
• allocating
• alternating
• animating
• annotating