humiliated
Definition
- Adjective:
- Feeling ashamed or foolish: Experiencing a painful loss of pride or dignity, often due to being made to look weak, foolish, or inferior in front of others.
- Brought low in status or condition: Reduced to a lower, less respected, or less powerful state.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- She felt deeply humiliated by the public criticism from her boss.
- The team was humiliated by their unexpected defeat in the first round.
- He looked humiliated after his mistake was pointed out to everyone.
Advanced Usage
"to be humiliated into (doing something)": To be shamed or embarrassed to the point where one feels compelled to take a specific action.
- The corrupt official was humiliated into resigning after the scandal was exposed.
"a humiliated silence": A quietness caused by collective shame or embarrassment.
- A humiliated silence fell over the room after his insulting remark.
Variants and Related Words
Humiliate (verb): To make someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect.
- He didn't want to humiliate his opponent, just defeat him fairly.
Humiliating (adjective): Causing someone to feel humiliated.
- Losing the election was a humiliating experience for the veteran politician.
Humiliation (noun): The act of humiliating or the state of being humiliated.
- She suffered the humiliation of having her proposal rejected in front of the whole committee.
Synonyms
- Ashamed: Feeling embarrassed or guilty because of one's actions or the actions of someone associated with one.
- Mortified: Extremely embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.
- Degraded: Treated or regarded with contempt; lowered in dignity or status.
- Chastened: Subdued or humbled, especially by a negative experience.
Antonyms
- Proud: Feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements or qualities.
- Honored: Regarded with great respect.
- Exalted: Placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard.
Related Phrases
To save face / To avoid humiliation: To avoid being embarrassed or losing respect.
- He apologized quickly to avoid further humiliation.
A crushing humiliation: An extremely severe and devastating experience of being humiliated.
- The failed product launch was a crushing humiliation for the company.
Adjective
- made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
- too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street
- humiliated that his wife had to go out to work
- felt mortified by the comparison with her sister
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- brought low
- a broken man
- his broken spirit
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