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

After 647 days in limbo, a Palestinian family endures a grueling, humiliating journey through checkpoints and confiscations to return to war-scarred Gaza. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026

The move was seen as a brutal and humiliating exercise in damage limitation. —Nbc News, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026

Biden, the master strategist, is the author of the humiliating and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. —Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026

First, Marseille slumped to a humiliating 3-0 defeat away to Club Brugge and then Benfica, needing to beat Real Madrid by two goals to edge them out on goal difference, scored a 98th-minute goal through their goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin. —Tom Burrows, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for humiliating

• accelerating
• accentuating
• accommodating
• accumulating
• adjudicating
• administrating
• affiliating
• agglutinating
• alienating
• alleviating
• amalgamating
• ameliorating