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Recent Examples of humiliation
Staunch pride and a tendency to humiliation are closely aligned in Leonora.
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Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Not even Chris Hargensen, the organizer of Carrie’s prom-night humiliation, the meanest of all mean girls, could have thought up something so diabolical.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
And so my brain was on a loop of grief and trauma and fear and humiliation.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
With this humiliation, Joe snaps, and, in short order, commits several shocking acts of deadly violence.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Another old hand, Rashid, took all three South African wickets to avoid total humiliation.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The operations shake-up has been widely interpreted as a humiliation for Reeves and a bid by Starmer to get things moving for a government that has promised to deliver change and economic growth for the British people.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
This is a humiliation for everyone.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
This Is Spinal Tap was an almost-clinical study in anticlimax, in rock-and-roll humiliation.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Not even Chris Hargensen, the organizer of Carrie’s prom-night humiliation, the meanest of all mean girls, could have thought up something so diabolical.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
And so my brain was on a loop of grief and trauma and fear and humiliation.
—Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
With this humiliation, Joe snaps, and, in short order, commits several shocking acts of deadly violence.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Another old hand, Rashid, took all three South African wickets to avoid total humiliation.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The operations shake-up has been widely interpreted as a humiliation for Reeves and a bid by Starmer to get things moving for a government that has promised to deliver change and economic growth for the British people.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
This is a humiliation for everyone.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliation
dismissal
Noun
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Bolsonaro hoped for a similar dismissal of legal proceedings against him and dreamed of winning back the presidency when Brazil held elections in 2026.—
Adriana Carranca,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a letter to staff at the embassy following his dismissal, Mandelson described his role as ambassador as the ‘privilege of my life,’ the BBC reported.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Humiliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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