Hypertext Webster Gateway: "humiliated"
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)
humiliated
adj 1: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought
low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: {broken},
{crushed}, {humbled}, {low}]
2: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded
pride; "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father
on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to
work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister
[syn: {embarrassed}, {mortified}]
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