humiliation

/hju:'mili'eiʃn/
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Definition

Noun: 1. The act of humiliating someone; the state of being humiliated: The action of making someone feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, or the resulting painful feeling. 2. A situation or event that causes someone to feel ashamed and lose respect: An instance of being made to feel stupid or worthless, often publicly.

Usage

Humiliation is an uncountable noun referring to the general feeling or process. It is also a countable noun for specific events. - Use it to describe a deep feeling of shame and loss of pride. - It often involves a public or social context where one's dignity is damaged.

Examples
  • As an uncountable noun (feeling/state):
    • She felt a deep sense of humiliation after her mistake was announced to the whole team.
    • The defeat was a national humiliation for the country.
  • As a countable noun (specific event):
    • Losing the election was a profound humiliation for the experienced politician.
    • He suffered one humiliation after another during his first week at the new job.
Advanced Usage
  • To suffer humiliation: To experience a humiliating event or feeling.
    • The athlete suffered public humiliation after failing the drug test.
  • To spare someone humiliation: To avoid causing someone to feel humiliated.
    • The teacher corrected the student privately to spare him any humiliation.
  • Abject humiliation: An extreme and complete form of humiliation.
    • The leaked email caused him abject humiliation in his professional circle.
Variants and Related Words
  • Humiliate (verb): To make someone feel ashamed and foolish.
    • He didn't want to humiliate his opponent, just defeat him fairly.
  • Humiliating (adjective): Causing a feeling of humiliation.
    • It was a humiliating experience for everyone involved.
Synonyms
  • Embarrassment: A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness (often less severe than humiliation).
  • Disgrace: The loss of reputation or respect, often as a result of dishonorable action.
  • Mortification: Intense feeling of shame and embarrassment.
  • Degradation: The condition of being lowered in dignity or status.
Antonyms
  • Honor: High respect or esteem.
  • Dignity: The state of being worthy of respect.
  • Pride: A feeling of deep pleasure from one's own achievements or qualities.
Idioms and Common Phrases
  • Add insult to injury: To make a bad situation worse, often in a way that is humiliating.
    • First they fired him, then, to add insult to injury, they made him clear out his desk in front of everyone.
  • Rubbing salt in the wound: Making someone's humiliation or disappointment even worse.
    • Her critical comments were just rubbing salt in the wound after his failed presentation.
Noun
  1. depriving one of self-esteem
  2. an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
    • he had to undergo one humiliation after another
  3. strong feelings of embarrassment
  4. state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

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