humiliated 1 of 2

humiliated

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verb

past tense of humiliate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliated
Adjective
  • First thing's first: Sweating is a completely normal bodily function and not something to be embarrassed about, health experts say.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Are those people embarrassed not to have read Lispector?
    New York Times, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But this year’s bash is looking a little more abashed.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Delphine Hicks—Caroline had waited for her beside the church steps one First Sunday (big meeting day) and had thrown her to the ground and robbed the abashed vampire of her underthings.
    Zora Neale Hurston, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020
Verb
  • Where so much of contemporary comedy is steeped in certainty, trading jokes for smart points, Wood is interested in the moments that leave us humbled and confused.
    Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • It can be argued that because individuals are exposed to so much coverage of Musk and Zuckerberg—and are aware of their wealth—this desire for them to be humbled is intensified.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Some former generals involved in martial law decades ago had ended up in prison and been publicly disgraced.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2025
  • That until such monsters and secret policemen and fantasists of apartheid, are as abandoned and disgraced as the National Socialists, there will be war.
    Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • If global warming is uncontrolled, 90% of all coral reefs in the world will be functionally degraded by 2050.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
  • One manager, in particular, repeatedly degraded the workers, calling them racial slurs and making comments about their work ethic, the lawsuit said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Many people get confused by these forms which contain code and jargon that rarely offer a clear explanation of anything.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Many were left confused as to how or why the Yankees couldn't have matched that number to bring the Gold Glove first baseman to the Bronx.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Humiliated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliated. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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