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The synonyms of “Humiliating” are: demeaning, humbling, mortifying
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “humiliating” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| demeaning | Causing someone to lose their dignity and the respect of others. The poster was not demeaning to women. |
| humbling | Of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense. Golf is a humbling game. |
| mortifying | Causing awareness of your shortcomings. It was mortifying to know he had heard every word. |
| abject | (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree. The most abject slaves joined in the revolt. |
| ashamed | Reluctant to do something through fear of embarrassment or humiliation. I am not ashamed to be seen with them. |
| awkward | Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance. I felt awkward standing in front of the whole class. |
| belittle | Cause to seem less serious; play down. Don t belittle his influence. |
| compromising | Vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion. She found herself in a compromising situation. |
| contemptible | Deserving of contempt or scorn. A display of contemptible cowardice. |
| degrading | Causing a loss of self-respect; humiliating. The vicious and degrading cult of violence. |
| demean | Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something. Good potential MPs would not demean themselves by setting out to acquire popularity. |
| discredit | A person or thing that is a source of disgrace. The ships were a discredit to the country. |
| disgraceful | Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson. It is disgraceful that they should be denied unemployment benefits. |
| dishonor | Bring shame or dishonor upon. Dishonor checks and drafts. |
| dishonorable | Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. Dishonorable in thought and deed. |
| disrepute | The state of being held in low esteem by the public. One of the top clubs in the country is bringing the game into disrepute. |
| embarrassing | Causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation. An embarrassing muddle. |
| embarrassment | A person or thing causing feelings of embarrassment. Her extreme views might be an embarrassment to the movement. |
| flush | Remove or dispose of an object or substance by flushing. The grouse were flushed from the woods. |
| humiliate | Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. You ll humiliate me in front of the whole school. |
| humiliation | Strong feelings of embarrassment. He fought back tears of humiliation. |
| ignoble | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose. Of ignoble or ungentle birth. |
| ignominious | Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson. No other party risked ignominious defeat. |
| ignominy | Public shame or disgrace. Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison. |
| inglorious | Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson. Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. |
| insulting | Expressing extreme contempt. Their language is insulting to women. |
| maladroit | Not adroit. Both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled. |
| offensive | Morally offensive. The allegations made are deeply offensive to us. |
| opprobrious | Expressing offensive reproach. An opprobrious monument to human greed. |
| reprehensible | Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure. His complacency and reprehensible laxity. |
| shame | Cause to be ashamed. The entire debacle has shamed Scotland. |
| shameful | Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation- Thackeray. The wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt. |
| stultify | Prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone’s incompetence. Nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself. |
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