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Verb: humiliate  hyoo'milee`eyt
  1. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
    "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
    - mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

Derived forms: humiliating, humiliated, humiliates

See also: humiliation

Type of: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound

Encyclopedia: Humiliate