humiliating

[US]/hju:'milieitiŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. causing someone to feel ashamed or foolish

Example Sentences

a humiliating climbdown by the government over economic policy.

The battle ended in a humiliating defeat.

The whole experience was somewhat humiliating for us.

they forced the club into a humiliating and expensive special general meeting.

The first meetings went off with a certain humiliating clumsiness. Neither Winifred not her instructress had any social grace.

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