humiliating
adjective
hu·mil·i·at·ing
hyü-ˈmi-lē-ˌā-tiŋ 
yü-
: extremely destructive to one's self-respect or dignity : humbling
humiliatingly
adverb
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Despite the brutal spear and the humiliating toss over the table, Speed is already looking ahead.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Dissatisfaction is now percolating even among the regime’s hardliner supporters, frustrated that Iran did so little to save Syria’s Assad from a humiliating flight to Moscow.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 2 Feb. 2025
Read: The price of humiliating Nicolás Maduro Legal challenges are probably coming, because no precedent has established the legality of terminating a preceding administration’s TPS extension.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
Kudos on firing the assistant coaches as scape goats for the humiliating mistake of letting Xavier Mckinney walk away into an All-Pro season and forcing them to scheme around an unreliable Banks.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Dissatisfaction is now percolating even among the regime’s hardliner supporters, frustrated that Iran did so little to save Syria’s Assad from a humiliating flight to Moscow.
—Ian Bremmer, TIME, 2 Feb. 2025
Read: The price of humiliating Nicolás Maduro Legal challenges are probably coming, because no precedent has established the legality of terminating a preceding administration’s TPS extension.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2025
Kudos on firing the assistant coaches as scape goats for the humiliating mistake of letting Xavier Mckinney walk away into an All-Pro season and forcing them to scheme around an unreliable Banks.
—Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Humiliating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humiliating. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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