/ hjuːˈmɪlieɪt; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] to make sb feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people :
I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
I've never felt so humiliated.
The party was humiliated in the recent elections.
► hu·mili·at·ing adjective :
a humiliating defeat
► hu·mili·ation / hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃn; NAmE / noun [ U , C ]:
She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (earlier ( late Middle English ) as humiliation ): from late Latin humiliat- made humble, from the verb humiliare , from humilis low, lowly, from humus ground. The original meaning was bring low ; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.