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Recent Examples of humiliation
Allen has always had a catholic approach to musical style, and that attitude serves the emotional spectrum of West End Girl well, with the stages of relationship grief and personal humiliation echoed by the music surrounding her.
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Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit draws attention to the emotional harm and humiliation caused by such images.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Some French officials have called the incident a national humiliation.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for Roddy, his unassailable confidence is a great shield against constant humiliation.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
For a nation whose character is defined by proud displays of history and culture, the incident is being seen in some quarters as a national humiliation.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Following the Chiefs’ 31-0 humiliation of the visiting Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, Andy Reid dispensed with his normally exhaustive postgame rundown of individual accolades.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
When people feel that the dignity of their work is not acknowledged and respected, a sense of humiliation and grievance builds, and the grievances are, in my view, legitimate.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Alabama stared down humiliation in Tallahassee in a loss to Florida State in Week 1, then displayed its dominance in Athens a month later in a win over Georgia.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
The lawsuit draws attention to the emotional harm and humiliation caused by such images.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Some French officials have called the incident a national humiliation.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Fortunately for Roddy, his unassailable confidence is a great shield against constant humiliation.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
For a nation whose character is defined by proud displays of history and culture, the incident is being seen in some quarters as a national humiliation.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
Following the Chiefs’ 31-0 humiliation of the visiting Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, Andy Reid dispensed with his normally exhaustive postgame rundown of individual accolades.
—Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
When people feel that the dignity of their work is not acknowledged and respected, a sense of humiliation and grievance builds, and the grievances are, in my view, legitimate.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Alabama stared down humiliation in Tallahassee in a loss to Florida State in Week 1, then displayed its dominance in Athens a month later in a win over Georgia.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliation
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The immediate goal of this concerted information operation is the debasement of American Jews, but the more politically salient goal is the gaslighting of American evangelical Christians—the very core of the MAGA base, and an overwhelmingly pro-Jewish, pro-Israel constituency at that.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Bitcoin joined gold in the debasement trade as a digital alternative to traditional currencies.—
Krysta Escobar,Jill Schneider,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Miller said his clients believe that this additional context and other policy changes at Indiana Medicaid will address the judge's concerns that anchored her dismissal.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
24 Oct. 2025
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Karen Scham — the resident who originally petitioned to remove the books — was also in attendance, urging Lewin-Lane’s dismissal.—
Adrienne Davis,
jsonline.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Humiliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliation. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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