humiliating

[hyoo-mil-ee-ey-ting, yoo-] / hjuˈmɪl iˌeɪ tɪŋ, ju- /

ADJECTIVE

mortifying

Synonyms

STRONGEST

demeaning embarrassing humbling

STRONG

disgracing

WEAK

opprobrious

Example Sentences

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Selina was warmly good natured, but young in every sense of the word; and Mrs Maple considered her always with such humiliating ideas, that to ask her advice would be to invite an affront.

From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

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