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4 dictionary results for: humiliate
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hu·mil·i·ate       [hyoo-mil-ee-eyt or, often, yoo-] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.
to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.

[Origin: 1525–35; < LL humiliātus (ptp. of humiliāre to humble), equiv. to L humili(s) humble + -ātus -ate1]

hu·mil·i·a·tor, noun
hu·mil·i·a·to·ry       [hyoo-mil-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee or, often, yoo-] Pronunciation Key, hu·mil·i·a·tive, adjective

dishonor, disgrace, shame; degrade, abase, debase. See humble.
exalt, honor.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hu·mil·i·ate       (hyōō-mĭl'ē-āt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   hu·mil·i·at·ed, hu·mil·i·at·ing, hu·mil·i·ates
To lower the pride, dignity, or self-respect of. See Synonyms at degrade.


[Late Latin humiliāre, humiliāt-, to humble, from humilis, humble; see humble.]

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humiliate

verb
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Humiliate

Hum"ble\, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.] [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]

1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

THy humble nest built on the ground. --Cowley.

2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. --Jas. iv. 6.

She should be humble who would please. --Prior.

Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. --Washington.

Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva).

To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. --Halliwell. --Thackeray.

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