Synonyms of humiliating

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adjective

as in demeaning

Related Words

• demeaning
• degrading
• humbling
• mortifying
• unsettling
• debasing
• unpleasant
• difficult
• impossible
• troublesome
• embarrassing
• intolerable
• disagreeable
• inconvenient
• confusing
• unwieldy
• disconcerting
• uncomfortable
• disturbing
• discomfiting
• flustering
• awkward

Dissimilar Words

• convenient
• comfortable
• agreeable
• pleasing

humiliating

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verb

present participle of humiliate

as in discrediting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discrediting
• embarrassing
• degrading
• humbling
• shaming
• disgracing
• demeaning
• insulting
• confusing
• debasing
• dishonoring
• chastening
• abasing
• rattling
• cheapening
• mortifying
• lowering
• fouling
• taking down
• criticizing
• disconcerting
• sinking
• diminishing
• ridiculing
• smirching
• minimizing
• disparaging
• discomfiting
• belittling
• discounting
• detracting
• confounding
• flustering
• depreciating
• decrying
• condemning
• affronting
• slandering
• maligning
• defiling
• defaming
• castigating
• libeling
• abashing
• discountenancing
• nonplussing
• writing off
• fazing
• denouncing
• damning
• crying down
• censuring
• bad-mouthing
• putting down
• execrating
• reprobating
• reprehending

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exalting
• elevating
• cheering
• aggrandizing
• praising
• citing
• celebrating
• honoring
• recognizing
• applauding
• boasting
• congratulating
• acknowledging
• deifying
• complimenting
• commending
• canonizing
• decorating
• saluting
• extolling
• hailing
• eulogizing
• lauding
• acclaiming
• touting
• highlighting
• dignifying
• ennobling
• promoting
• feting
• glorifying
• lifting
• magnifying
• uplifting
• advancing
• spotlighting
• enshrining
• playing up
• enthroning
• raising
• upgrading
• boosting
• romanticizing
• idealizing
• enskying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of humiliating

Adjective

Her healing journey involves dating a 20-something trans man (Theo Germaine) and confronting SNL alum Julia Sweeney, whose androgynous character Pat bears a humiliating resemblance to Abby. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

For the Muslim-majority regions that had once seen themselves as centers of learning and power, European domination over parts of Asia – including South Asia and Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East – was seen as humiliating. — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

Verb

State caseworkers have sent an untold number of elders in their care to a coterie of homes with a history of hurting, ignoring or humiliating their residents, records and anguished families say. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026

These clips often use humor and pop‑culture aesthetics—even LEGO‑style animations—to show Iran’s late supreme leader outsmarting and humiliating his American adversaries. — Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026