humiliating

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪtɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: hu‧mil‧i‧at‧ing

Adjective

humiliating (comparative more humiliating, superlative most humiliating)

  1. Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.

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Verb

humiliating

  1. present participle of humiliate
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