humiliating
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++hu·mil·i·at·ing /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/ adjective ASHAMEDmaking you feel ashamed, embarrassed, and angry because you have been made to look weak or stupid 使蒙受耻辱的,丢脸的,不光彩的 SYN embarrassing a humiliating defeat 丢脸的失败 —humiliatingly adverb
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humiliating• I had to apologize in front of everyone - it was so humiliating.• It was really so incredibly humiliating.• Meanwhile, Vanessa herself suffers a downfall as humiliating as it is spectacular.• Since nobody else had been found, Hayling offered Thornton the Chairmanship, but the executive attached two humiliating conditions.• Anderson suffered a humiliating defeat in the last election.• We think, however, that most athletes would find a gynaecological examination purely for gender verification a humiliating experience.• The brand might be no mark of honour at all - but a culminating cruel humiliating jape.• To emphasise his authority the unforgiving Rangers boss exposed Roberts to a humiliating period as a reserve team substitute.• Inexplicable and downright humiliating, she thought angrily.• This was never more humiliating than in the category Most Fanciable Male.• Prisoners are subjected to humiliating treatment and frequent beatings.humiliating defeat• But they knew that it was a humiliating defeat.• He went to work on the President, telling him that to retreat now would be to accept humiliating defeat.• It's always a good laugh watching him getting increasingly irritated with the interviewer after a humiliating defeat.• The next levy proposed by Wolsey met with an even more humiliating defeat.• But a humiliating defeat at Bradford last Sunday had the Leeds fans spitting fury in radio phone-ins.• It was a humiliating defeat for Callaghan.• The referendum was a humiliating defeat for the unpopular Mr Khasbulatov.• Politicians did not relish a repeat performance of the humiliating defeat they had suffered over the suspension and repeal of the acts.hu·mil·i·at·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable
because and feel ashamed, you angry Corpus embarrassed, making you
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humiliating
hu‧mil‧i‧at‧ing /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/
adjective
making you feel ashamed, embarrassed, and angry because you have been made to look weak or stupid
SYN embarrassing:
a humiliating defeat
—humiliatingly adverb
hu‧mil‧i‧at‧ing /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/
adjectivemaking you feel ashamed, embarrassed, and angry because you have been made to look weak or stupid
SYN embarrassing:
—humiliatingly adverb