HUMILIATE Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

humiliate

verb

hyü-ˈmi-lē-ˌāt

as in to discredit

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets

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Recent Examples of humiliate Less than a week after that defeat, Arteta was rapidly thrust into his first ever managerial role at the club Guardiola had just humiliated, taking over at Arsenal and becoming the youngest manager in the league. —

Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 23 May 2026 You can be humiliated, and won’t that be awful? —

Brent Lang, Variety, 19 May 2026 In another case, a witness described discovering the body of a man whose genitals had been severed, lying beside the body of a woman holding them, in what the report described as an apparent effort to degrade and humiliate the victims. —

Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026 Those who don’t get the job leave diminished, sometimes humiliated, and the institution absorbs the damage quietly for years. —

Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for humiliate

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If anything, they’ve been used to discredit her.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Defense attorney Tom Mesereau was an expert at discrediting witnesses, subjects told the filmmakers, but certain key witnesses, like Janet Arvizo, struggled to connect with the jury on their own.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026