humiliation
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The lawsuit said the plaintiff has suffered “severe emotional distress, including anxiety, humiliation, loss of standing in his community and harm to his professional relationships” as a result of his squabble with Ye.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
And these men were largely not actually given the public axe, and not made to endure the resulting public humiliation.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Championship football at the magnificent Tottenham Hotspur Stadium would be nothing short of total humiliation.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The characters she plays in that show and in this film are financially cosseted but psychologically adrift, bumping along from one middle-aged frustration, or humiliation, to the next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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