humiliate

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/

VerbEdit

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

1. (transitive) To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

SynonymsEdit

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

AntonymsEdit

• dignify
• honor

Related termsEdit

• humble
• humiliation
• humility

TranslationsEdit

to injure a person's dignity and self-respect

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

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

• Czech: ponížit
• Dutch: vernederen (nl), verootmoedigen (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: nöyryyttää (fi)
• French: humilier (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: demütigen (de), beschämen (de)
• Greek: ρεζιλεύω (el) ‎(rezilévo)
• Hungarian: megaláz (hu)
• 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: (imperfective) унижа́ть (ru) ‎(unižátʹ), (perfective) уни́зить (ru) ‎(unízitʹ)
• Spanish: humillar (es)
• Swedish: förödmjuka (sv), förnedra (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: (imperfective) принижувати ‎(prynýžuvaty), (perfective) принизити ‎(prynýzyty)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Volapük: mükükön (vo)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרשעמען ‎(farshemen)

External linksEdit

• 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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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

humiliāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of humiliō