humiliated
part of speech
adjective (humiliated, more humiliated); verb form (past of humiliate: humiliate, humiliates, humiliated, humiliating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Humiliated means feeling very ashamed and embarrassed, as if you look foolish in front of others, so that you lose pride. tree →
2) Humiliated is also the past form of humiliate: to make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, especially in public. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and lessons about feelings and bullying, being humiliated is a strong, painful feeling; bullies may try to humiliate others by laughing at them or sharing embarrassing photos. Pupils learn that humiliating others is wrong and to support someone who feels humiliated. Phrases: feel humiliated, be humiliated in front of, publicly humiliated.
examples
- He felt humiliated when everyone laughed at his mistake. tree →
- She was humiliated when her secret was told to the whole class. tree →
- The bully humiliated him in front of his friends. tree →
- I felt humiliated after I tripped on stage, but my friends cheered me on. tree →
- No one should be humiliated for asking a question. tree →
- The team was humiliated by a big defeat. tree →
- The poor jelly fish, humiliated and horrified beyond all words, cried out for pardon. tree →
note
Humiliated is stronger than «embarrassed». Spelling: hu-mil-i-at-ed. Noun: humiliation. «I felt humiliated» (my feeling) vs «it was humiliating» (the thing that caused it) — like «bored» and «boring».
In the corpora
- Will they be humiliated?
- 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 «humiliated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.