humiliate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
    abase; chagrin; mortify; humble.
    • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

WordNet

Hu*mil"i*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. humiliatus, p.p. of humiliare. See Humble.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Humiliated ; present participle & verbal noun Humiliating
Definitions
  1. To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.
    We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. M. Arnold.

Webster 1913