Humiliation \Hu*mil`i*a"tion\, n. [L. humiliatio: cf. F.
humiliation.]
1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride;
mortification. --Bp. Hopkins.
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2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to
lowliness or submission.
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The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a
humiliation of manhood. --Hooker.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
humiliation
n 1: state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
2: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin, mortification]
3: an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or
self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after
another" [syn: mortification]
4: depriving one of self-esteem [syn: abasement]
WordNet (r) 2.0
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "humiliation":
abasement, affront, aspersion, atrocity, awkwardness, belittlement,
breaking, brickbat, burning shame, byword, byword of reproach,
comedown, conquering, contempt, contumely, crushing, cut,
cut direct, debasement, deflation, degradation, depreciation,
derogation, descent, despite, detraction, dirty shame,
disconcertedness, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement,
disregard, domestication, dump, embarrassment, enormity, flout,
flouting, gentling, gibe, hangdog look, humbled pride, humbling,
ignominy, indignity, injury, insult, jeer, jeering, letdown,
low-down dirty shame, mock, mockery, mortification, obloquy,
offense, outrage, put-down, quelling, rebuff, reduction, reproach,
repulse, scandal, scoff, scurrility, self-abasement,
self-abnegation, self-diminishment, setdown, shame, shamefacedness,
shamefastness, shaming, slight, sneer, sniff, snort, snub, spurn,
spurning, subdual, suppression, taming, taunt, the cold shoulder,
the go-by, treading down, uncomplimentary remark
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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