transitive verb. To cause (someone) to feel a loss of pride, dignity, or self-respect.

To cause to be or appear lower or more humble; depress; especially, to abase in estimation; subject to shame or disgrace; mortify: as, to humiliate one's self by a confession; to humiliate a boaster.

Synonyms Debase, Degrade, etc. (see abase); mortify, shame, put to shame, put down, dishonor.

transitive verb. To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to cause a loss of pride or dignity; to humble; to mortify.

verb. To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

verb. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

"Scotland's Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who will welcome Benedict when he arrives in Edinburgh on Thursday (Sept. 16), recently voiced bitterness over press coverage when he accused the government-funded British Broadcasting Company of attempting to "humiliate" Benedict."

humble  humiliation  humility  

humiliated  humiliating  

bruise  hurt  injure  offend  spite  

crush  degrade  demean  demolish  disgrace  

affiliate  unaffiliate  

Embarrass  degrade  disagreeable  disastrous  frighten  

abas  abase  abash  affront  beat down  

humiliated  humiliates  humiliating