humiliate

«humiliate» in Mova's school dictionary: To make someone feel very ashamed, foolish or small… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (humiliate, humiliates, humiliated, humiliating)

meaning for a pupil

To make someone feel very ashamed, foolish or small, especially in front of other people. tree →

sense in the lessons

In ethics and stories it describes unkind behaviour, bullying, or embarrassing moments. It tells the reader a character's pride has been badly hurt. Phrases: humiliate someone in public, feel humiliated, a humiliating defeat.

examples

• The bully tried to humiliate him in front of the class. tree →
• She felt humiliated when everyone laughed at her mistake. tree →
• Losing ten–nil was a humiliating defeat. tree →
• It is cruel to humiliate someone for being different. tree →
• The coach never humiliates players when they make mistakes. tree →
• He was humiliated when his trousers split on stage. tree →

note

Noun: humiliation. Adjective: humiliating (causing shame), humiliated (feeling shame). Stronger than «embarrass». Related to «humble» and «humility» but negative.

In the corpora

• Will they be humiliated?
• Being laughed at by many people online can be very humiliating, so do not film pranks without agreement.
• A prank is cruel when only one person is hurt or humiliated and the others laugh; that is bullying.
• «It's just a prank» does not make it okay if the person is scared or humiliated.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «humiliate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.