humiliating

«humiliating» in Mova's school dictionary: Humiliating describes something that makes you feel very… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (humiliating, more humiliating, most humiliating); verb form (present participle of humiliate)

meaning for a pupil

1) Humiliating describes something that makes you feel very ashamed and foolish in front of other people. tree →

2) Humiliating is also the -ing form of humiliate: making someone feel very ashamed. tree →

sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons and stories, a humiliating moment is falling over in public, being laughed at, or losing badly. Online, sharing humiliating photos or messages of others is a kind of bullying and must be reported. Phrases: a humiliating defeat, a humiliating experience, humiliating someone in public.

examples

• Losing ten to nothing was a humiliating defeat. tree →
• Being told off in front of the whole school was humiliating. tree →
• Posting a humiliating photo of someone is bullying. tree →
• It was humiliating when my trousers split in PE. tree →
• Stop humiliating your little brother. tree →
• The teacher made sure no one was laughed at, because that can be humiliating. tree →
• It is humiliating to have to confess that this conceit of Peter was one of his most fascinating qualities. tree →

note

-ing adjective (causes the feeling) vs -ed adjective «humiliated» (has the feeling). Stronger than «embarrassing». Synonym: «mortifying».

In the corpora

• Being laughed at by many people online can be very humiliating, so do not film pranks without agreement.

Trees and pragmatics

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