Hypertext Webster Gateway: "humiliate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 humble; to mortify.
We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M.
Arnold.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
humiliate
v : lower in esteem; hurt the pride of [syn: {mortify}, {chagrin},
{humble}, {abase}]
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