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humiliated
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, affront, annoy, belittle, chagrin, chasten, confound, control, crush, deflate, deny, disappoint, discipline, discomfit, disgrace, displease, get one's comeuppance, harass, humble, humiliate, put to shame, ridicule, shame, subdue, take down a peg, take the wind out, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | ridicule |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make contemptuous fun of something or someone |
| Synonyms: | banter, caricature, cartoon, chaff, deflate, deride, expose, fleer, gibe, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, jolly, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make a game of, make a laughing-stock, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, pull one's leg, put down*, quiz, rag, rail at, rally, raz, rib, ride*, roast, run down, satirize, scoff, scorn, send up, show up, sneer, takeoff, taunt, travesty, twit, unmask |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satirize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ridicule |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, caricaturize, cartoon, deride, haze, humiliate, jape, jeer, jive, josh, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a fool of, make fun of, mimic, mock, needle, pan, parody, poke fun at, pull one's leg, raz, rib, ride*, roast, spoof |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgrace, embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abash, blot, confound, cut down to size, debase, defile, degrade, disconcert, discredit, dishonor, give a black eye, humble, humiliate, mortify, reproach, ridicule, shoot down, smear, stain, take down a peg, take down |
| Antonyms: | be proud, honor, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be humble or humbled |
| Synonyms: | abase, be reduced to, bemean, cast down, debase, degrade, demean, humiliate, lower, stoop, succumb |
| Antonyms: | brave, fight |
| Main Entry: | snub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give someone the cold shoulder |
| Synonyms: | act cool, boycott, brush off, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, cut dead, disdain, disregard, duck, give the brush, humble, humiliate, ice out, ice*, ignore, look coldly upon, look right through, mortify, neglect, not give time of day, offend, ostracize, pass up, put down, put the chill on, rebuff, scold, scorn, scratch, shame, shun, slight, slur, snob, swank, upstage |
| Antonyms: | be friendly, include, socialize, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humble |
| Synonyms: | deflate, humiliate, let down, lower, mortify, pull down, put down, take apart |
| Antonyms: | build up |
| Main Entry: | derogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take away |
| Synonyms: | denigrate, detract, discredit, disparage, humiliate, insult, slander |
| Main Entry: | bring to terms |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to agree |
| Synonyms: | bend to one's will, bring low, bring to one's knees, humble, humiliate, take down a notch, take down a peg |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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