humiliation

«humiliation» in Mova's school dictionary: the very bad, hot feeling of shame you get when someone… — 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

noun (humiliation, uncountable; a humiliation, humiliations); verb humiliate; adjective humiliating

meaning for a pupil

1) Humiliation is the very bad, hot feeling of shame you get when someone makes you look stupid or weak in front of others. tree →

2) A humiliation is an event that makes someone feel like this, such as losing badly in public. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, bullying lessons and PSHE it names a strong painful feeling; teachers explain that laughing at others' mistakes causes humiliation. In sport news a «humiliation» is a heavy defeat. Phrases: «feel humiliation», «public humiliation», «a humiliating defeat».

examples

• Bullies sometimes try to cause humiliation. tree →
• She felt the humiliation of falling over on stage. tree →
• Losing ten–nil was a humiliation for the team. tree →
• Never laugh at someone to cause them humiliation. tree →
• His face went red with humiliation. tree →
• Public humiliation can hurt as much as a punch. tree →
• The story is about a girl who overcomes humiliation and becomes brave. tree →
• Being kind after a mistake helps someone recover from humiliation. tree →
• This was humiliation enough, but the most horrible moment was the one in which the two poor creatures felt their tails appear. tree →

note

Say «hyoo-mil-ee-AY-shun». Humiliation is stronger than embarrassment. Not the same as «humility», which is a good quality of not boasting.

In the corpora

• Many in China see 1949 as the end of foreign humiliation; it also began one-party rule.

Trees and pragmatics

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