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as in discrediting
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 humiliating
Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
But The Independent resurfaced an interview Guilfoyle gave to Fox News in 2015, when Greece, in the throes of an economic crisis, had rejected a bailout the nation regarded as humiliating.
—airmail.news, 21 Dec. 2024
For example, a mid-century handmade potbelly stove ornament doesn’t hang all that far on my tree from an arguably humiliating fifth grade craft project and Snapfish.com creation immortalizing the Germantown neighborhood's now shuttered Come Back Inn.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
The dictatorship collapsed in 1983, after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, the British colony in the South Atlantic, and proceeded to lose a bloody and humiliating war.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Defeat in the First World War and the humiliating terms of the Treaty of Versailles had turned the imperial power into a shambolic constitutional republic ill-equipped to curb rampant inflation or pacify violent uprisings from the right and left.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
But The Independent resurfaced an interview Guilfoyle gave to Fox News in 2015, when Greece, in the throes of an economic crisis, had rejected a bailout the nation regarded as humiliating.
—airmail.news, 21 Dec. 2024
For example, a mid-century handmade potbelly stove ornament doesn’t hang all that far on my tree from an arguably humiliating fifth grade craft project and Snapfish.com creation immortalizing the Germantown neighborhood's now shuttered Come Back Inn.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
The dictatorship collapsed in 1983, after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, the British colony in the South Atlantic, and proceeded to lose a bloody and humiliating war.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliating
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Many of the jobs available to young and inexperienced workers are entry-level roles in the retail, restaurant and service industries, and these jobs are often talked about in a demeaning way.Brandon Busteed, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Residents suddenly realized that Trump’s demeaning rhetoric about Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants could extend to them.Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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Many of the conspiracy theories have prompted FEMA to create a page on its site discrediting rumors and false information about its response to Hurricane Helene.Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2024
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Still, the United States didn’t recognize Haiti as a nation until 1862, during the Civil War, when American leadership was looking for any support in discrediting slavery.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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That smell of vinegar is not just an alarm bell that these objects are destroying themselves but that the degrading polymer is taking down innocent bystanders as well.Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
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More than 2 million people in the U.S. lack indoor plumbing and more live with failing sewage systems that can result in waste backing up into homes or pooling on the ground, threatening public health and degrading basic dignity, the EPA said.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
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Travel shaming is on the rise, fueled by concerns about climate change and post-pandemic travel attitudes.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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Frazier, the woman with the Dubai video, said at first that the shaming comments upset her.Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliating. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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