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Humiliating meaning

Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.

Synonyms of Humiliating

Using Humiliating

  • The main meaning on this page is: Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
  • Useful related words include: demeaning, humbling, mortifying, undignified.
  • In the example corpus, humiliating often appears in combinations such as: humiliating defeat, the humiliating, and humiliating.

Context around Humiliating

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Humiliating

  • In this selection, "humiliating" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, laughs, somewhat, suffered, defeat, moment and everyone stand out and add context to how "humiliating" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 0 in humiliating fashion and air of humiliating defeat. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "humiliating" sits close to words such as alias, anglers and asbestos, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with humiliating

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

It was too humiliating. (4 words)

She describes that as "humiliating". (5 words)

He admitted that the expertise could possibly be “humiliating”. (9 words)

Despite a career marked by humiliating failures, Widmerpool's rise is nonetheless unstoppable as he floats from one prominent role to another, driven on by an unshakeable self-belief and ability to mingle with the Establishment as if to the manner born. (42 words)

An explicit twist involving Kat’s character gets the film’s biggest laughs, humiliating everyone and turning the four friends against one another, though the otherwise satisfying script stumbles through the inevitable fall-out and make-up scenes. (38 words)

Even though a representative from the Russian lawyer's guild said it was unlikely that the case stood a chance, they were still willing to risk it all in this somewhat humiliating draw of attention. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

It’s just this really humiliating moment for him — most of the movie is humiliating, just like a sequence of humiliation moments for him.

Although the tribunal ruled that several of these incidents did not constitute harassment, an employment judge said the song had ‘violated his dignity’ and was humiliating.

An explicit twist involving Kat’s character gets the film’s biggest laughs, humiliating everyone and turning the four friends against one another, though the otherwise satisfying script stumbles through the inevitable fall-out and make-up scenes.

Australia dominated Joe Root's side last time round, winning the five-match series Down Under 4-0 in humiliating fashion.

But of course, anything worth doing is worth overdoing, so some players are taking the opportunity to exploit this dynamic by humiliating Ganon.

Despite a career marked by humiliating failures, Widmerpool's rise is nonetheless unstoppable as he floats from one prominent role to another, driven on by an unshakeable self-belief and ability to mingle with the Establishment as if to the manner born.

Even though a representative from the Russian lawyer's guild said it was unlikely that the case stood a chance, they were still willing to risk it all in this somewhat humiliating draw of attention.

Even though Gandhi is seen as the main challenger to the Modi government, his Indian National Congress party has suffered humiliating defeats in the last two general elections.

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Female staff had threatened to walk out over the 'humiliating fiasco', leading to union officials input.

He admitted that the expertise could possibly be “humiliating”.

He further said that the Congress, which has done the work of stigmatising and humiliating the backward class, has given statements of Indian soldiers being beaten up by China.

I came to play for the national team and I received humiliating and offensive treatment.

It led to some humiliating moments, not least four-goal concessions against both Leicester City and Everton.

It was too humiliating.

Nigerians will not allow Nigeria to be burnt down by people burnt out by the air of humiliating defeat.

On television, Amazon Prime’s and James Gunn’s own on HBO denounce white supremacy and fascism directly; their villains are racist, power-hungry white men who glory in targeting and humiliating marginalized people.

Pushpa: The Rise ended with an epic face-off between the titular hero and the egoistic police officer Banwar Singh Shekhawat (Fahadh), which ends with the latter suffering a humiliating defeat.

Research that treating offenders in humiliating ways damages their sense of self and complicates their integration into society.

She describes that as "humiliating".

The 26-year-old went out to celebrate his birthday the evening after United’s humiliating 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at the end of October, a decision his manager later described as ‘unacceptable’.

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Common combinations with humiliating

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "humiliating" in a sentence?
An example: "It’s just this really humiliating moment for him — most of the movie is humiliating, just like a sequence of humiliation moments for him." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "humiliating" from authentic English texts.
What does "humiliating" mean?
Humiliating means: Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
What are synonyms of "humiliating"?
Common synonyms of "humiliating" include: demeaning, humbling, mortifying, undignified.
How many example sentences with "humiliating" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "humiliating", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.