humiliate

From Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

• IPA^(key): /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/

humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)

1. (transitive) To injure the dignity and self-respect of.
2. (transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.

• debase
• demean
• disgrace
• humble
• mortify
• shame
• See also Thesaurus:abash

• dignify
• honor

• humble
• humiliation
• humility

• humiliate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humiliate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hu.mi.liˈaː.te/, [hʊ.mɪ.lɪˈaː.tɛ]

humiliāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of humiliō