humiliate
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
edithumiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)
- (transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
- (transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- (transitive, sports, games) To defeat overwhelmingly.
Derived terms
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editTranslations
editto injure a person's dignity and self-respect
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Further reading
edit- “humiliate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “humiliate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hʊ.mɪ.liˈaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [u.mi.liˈaː.t̪e]
Verb
edithumiliāte
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