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# humiliating

adjective (humiliating, more humiliating, most humiliating); verb form (present participle of humiliate)

«humiliating» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Humiliating describes something that makes you feel very ashamed and foolish in front of other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#m1)
2. Humiliating is also the -ing form of humiliate: making someone feel very ashamed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#m2)

### In the lessons

In feelings lessons and stories, a humiliating moment is falling over in public, being laughed at, or losing badly. Online, sharing humiliating photos or messages of others is a kind of bullying and must be reported. Phrases: a humiliating defeat, a humiliating experience, humiliating someone in public.

### Examples

- Losing ten to nothing was a humiliating defeat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x1)
- Being told off in front of the whole school was humiliating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x2)
- Posting a humiliating photo of someone is bullying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x3)
- It was humiliating when my trousers split in PE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x4)
- Stop humiliating your little brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x5)
- The teacher made sure no one was laughed at, because that can be humiliating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x6)
- It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/#x7)

### Note

-ing adjective (causes the feeling) vs -ed adjective «humiliated» (has the feeling). Stronger than «embarrassing». Synonym: «mortifying».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «humiliating» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliating/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«humiliating» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/humiliating.html) on Mova free.