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
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Recent Examples of humiliating
Nik Popli, Time, 31 July 2025
Then Denim Troutman opened the boys’ game with a humiliating 15-0 run and never looked back, showing no mercy to his own high school teammate.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
Sure, there are still rickety bunk beds, poison ivy rashes and the occasional humiliating group shower.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
Coco Gauff: Frustrating First Round Exit After winning the French Open, Gauff suffered a humiliating first-round loss.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Verb
While some praise the Administration for putting national attention on youth fitness, others warn that the Presidential Fitness Test risks humiliating students who are unable to meet the criteria, potentially fostering a culture of body shaming in schools.
—Nik Popli, Time, 31 July 2025
Then Denim Troutman opened the boys’ game with a humiliating 15-0 run and never looked back, showing no mercy to his own high school teammate.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025
Sure, there are still rickety bunk beds, poison ivy rashes and the occasional humiliating group shower.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
Coco Gauff: Frustrating First Round Exit After winning the French Open, Gauff suffered a humiliating first-round loss.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliating
Verb
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Poor data quality can provide wrong models and alerts, discrediting predictive monitoring.—
Hrushikesh Deshmukh,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Johnson released new guidelines for reporting gifts Wednesday after discrediting the investigation.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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Or the controversy over the stereotypically demeaning roles Black actors depicted.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The result is an altering of the model weight by a whopping 216, degrading model accuracy from 80 percent to 0.1 percent, said Gururaj Saileshwar, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-author of an academic paper demonstrating the attack.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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Another study in Frontiers in Neuroscience found that even moderate, chronic sleep restriction produces cumulative effects, subtly degrading decision quality and emotional regulation over time.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
Verb
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And make no mistake, travel shaming in the age of the internet is fun – at least for those doing the shaming.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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Frazier, the woman with the Dubai video, said at first that the shaming comments upset her.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA TODAY,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliating. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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