as in to discredit
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets
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Recent Examples of humiliate
To show him who’s boss, Catherine turns around and buys Pac-North, humiliates him by closing it, and forces him back to Grey Sloan.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
That means families and estates have no legal recourse when someone uses AI to humiliate or misrepresent their loved one.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
An Italian activist who was part of the Gaza aid flotilla and subsequently detained by Israel has described allegations of being mistreated and humiliated while in Israeli custody, with little access to legal assistance.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Even its most mean-spirited plotline, in which a married couple assemble a fake theater production to humiliate their ex-neighbor whose noisiness prompted them to move, is presented as more of a gentle exercise in silliness than anything truly vindictive.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
That means families and estates have no legal recourse when someone uses AI to humiliate or misrepresent their loved one.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
An Italian activist who was part of the Gaza aid flotilla and subsequently detained by Israel has described allegations of being mistreated and humiliated while in Israeli custody, with little access to legal assistance.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Even its most mean-spirited plotline, in which a married couple assemble a fake theater production to humiliate their ex-neighbor whose noisiness prompted them to move, is presented as more of a gentle exercise in silliness than anything truly vindictive.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliate
Verb
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In the book, she's portrayed as someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and on anxiety medication, both of which are used to discredit her and paint her as unwell.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Bullmer attempts to discredit her until Carrie, dressed as Anne, backs her up.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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The games themselves are embarrassing enough to watch.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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One agent was disciplined for insubordination after refusing to go along with the plan to embarrass Comey in this way.—
The Conversation,
The Conversation,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Douglass advises against starting from the assumption that people arrive somewhere and immediately begin to degrade the environment.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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This process degrades the mirrors' reflectivity and clarity over time, so technicians regularly recoat and polish them to ensure the best precision.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Humiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliate. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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