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# humiliation

noun (humiliation, uncountable; a humiliation, humiliations); verb humiliate; adjective humiliating

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

## Everyday

1. Humiliation is the very bad, hot feeling of shame you get when someone makes you look stupid or weak in front of others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#m1)
2. A humiliation is an event that makes someone feel like this, such as losing badly in public. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, bullying lessons and PSHE it names a strong painful feeling; teachers explain that laughing at others' mistakes causes humiliation. In sport news a «humiliation» is a heavy defeat. Phrases: «feel humiliation», «public humiliation», «a humiliating defeat».

### Examples

- Bullies sometimes try to cause humiliation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x1)
- She felt the humiliation of falling over on stage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x2)
- Losing ten–nil was a humiliation for the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x3)
- Never laugh at someone to cause them humiliation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x4)
- His face went red with humiliation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x5)
- Public humiliation can hurt as much as a punch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x6)
- The story is about a girl who overcomes humiliation and becomes brave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x7)
- Being kind after a mistake helps someone recover from humiliation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x8)
- This was humiliation enough, but the most horrible moment was the one in which the two poor creatures felt their tails appear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/humiliation/#x9)

### Note

Say «hyoo-mil-ee-AY-shun». Humiliation is stronger than embarrassment. Not the same as «humility», which is a good quality of not boasting.

## On Mova

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