humiliating

Adjective
Synonyms: demeaninghumblingmortifying

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. causing awareness of your shortcomings“golf is a humbling game”Synonyms: demeaninghumblingmortifying
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Humiliate \Hu*mil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Humiliating.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of humiliare. See Humble.] To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to cause a loss of pride or dignity; to humble; to mortify. [1913 Webster]

We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

humiliating \humiliating\ adj. causing humiliation. [Narrower terms: undignified (vs. dignified)]

Syn: demeaning, humbling, mortifying. [WordNet 1.5]

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