humiliate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/

Verb

humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)

1. (transitive) To injure the dignity and self-respect of.
2. (transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.

Synonyms

• debase
• demean
• disgrace
• humble
• mortify
• shame
• See also Thesaurus:abash

Antonyms

• dignify
• honor

Related terms

• humble
• humiliation
• humility

Translations

to injure a person's dignity and self-respect

• Arabic: أَخْزَى‎ (ʾaḵzā)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: humiliar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羞辱 (zh) (xiūrǔ), 侮辱 (zh) (wǔrǔ), 污辱 (zh) (wūrǔ), 欺侮 (zh) (qīwǔ), 辱罵 (zh), 辱骂 (zh) (rǔmà)

• Czech: ponížit pf, ponižovat (cs) impf
• Dutch: vernederen (nl), verootmoedigen (nl)
• Esperanto: humiligi
• Finnish: nöyryyttää (fi)
• French: humilier (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: demütigen (de), beschämen (de)
• Greek: ρεζιλεύω (el) (rezilévo), ντροπιάζω (el) (dropiázo)
• Hungarian: megaláz (hu)
• Icelandic: niðurlægja, auðmýkja, lítillækka
• Ido: humileskar (io)
• Indonesian: membuat malu
• Irish: náirigh, uirísligh
• Italian: umiliare (it), avvilire (it)

• Japanese: 辱める (はずかしめる, hazukashimeru), 屈辱を与える (くつじょくをあたえる, kutsujoku-o ataeru), 凹ます (へこます, hekomasu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 굴욕을 주다 (gulyok-eul juda)
• Lao: ເຮັດໃຫ້ເສັຽຍົດ (het hai sīa nyot)
• Maori: whakapāpaku
• Mongolian: гутаах (mn) (gutaah), доромжлох (mn) (doromžloh)
• Norwegian: ydmyke (no)
• Polish: upokarzać (pl), poniżyć (pl)
• Portuguese: humilhar (pt)
• Romanian: jigni (ro), umili (ro)
• Russian: унижа́ть (ru) impf (unižátʹ), уни́зить (ru) pf (unízitʹ)
• Spanish: humillar (es)
• Swedish: förödmjuka (sv), förnedra (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: прини́жувати impf (prynýžuvaty), прини́зити pf (prynýzyty)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: mükükön (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרשעמען‎ (farshemen)

Further reading

• humiliate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humiliate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hu.mi.liˈaː.te/, [hʊ.mɪ.lʲiˈaː.t̪ɛ]

Verb

humiliāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of humiliō