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humiliate

verb/umiˈʎaɾ/medium

hu·mi·lhar

Definition

To cause someone to feel ashamed or degraded; to lower the dignity of someone.
He didn't mean to humiliate his colleague, just to point out the error.
She was deeply humiliated by the criticism.
Common collocations
humiliate publiclyhumiliate someonefeel humiliatedattempt to humiliate

Etymology

Do latim 'humiliare'.

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