Synonyms for humiliate
hyuˈmɪl iˌeɪt; often yu-hu·mil·i·ate

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1. humiliateverb

   Synonyms:
   humble, disgrace, debase, shame

2. humiliateverb

   To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

   Synonyms:
   humble, shame, debase, disgrace

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1. humiliate

   Abase refers only to outward conditions. "Exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high." Ezek. xxi, 26. Debase applies to quality or character. The coinage is debased by excess of alloy, the man by vice. Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart. To disgrace may be to bring or inflict odium upon others, but the word is chiefly and increasingly applied to such moral odium as one by his own acts brings upon himself; the noun disgrace retains more of the passive sense than the verb; he disgraced himself by his conduct; he brought disgrace upon his family. To dishonor a person is to deprive him of honor that should or might be given. To discredit one is to injure his reputation, as for veracity or solvency. A sense of unworthiness humbles; a shameful insult humiliates; imprisonment for crime disgraces. Degrade may refer to either station or character. An officer is degraded by being reduced to the ranks, disgraced by cowardice; vile practises degrade; drunkenness is a degrading vice. Misfortune or injustice may abase the good; nothing but their own ill-doing can debase or disgrace them.

   Synonyms:
   abase, bring low, cast down, debase, degrade, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, humble, lower, reduce, sink

   Antonyms:
   advance, aggrandize, dignify, elevate, exalt, honor, promote, raise, uplift

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1. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abaseverb

   cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

   "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

   Synonyms:
   subdue, gangrene, chagrin, necrose, crucify, mortify, sphacelate, humble, abase

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1. humiliateverb

   Synonyms:
   humble, mortify, shame, abash, SNUB, put to shame, put down

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1. humiliateverb

   Synonyms:
   humble, mortify, abash, disgrace, degrade

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1. List of paraphrases for "humiliate":

   humiliating, humiliated, embarrass, degrade

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1. Alexandra Harwin:

   It is completely illegal for employers to retaliate against employees who complain about workplace discrimination, but this is exactly what Robert De Niro did to Ms. Robinson, inventing claims to ruin her reputation and humiliate her because he knew she was going to expose his behavior.

2. Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry:

   This Navy official is using the ‘no contact’ order as a weapon to punish and humiliate a decorated military chaplain, to deny Chaplain Modder of the ability to minister to a grieving family and other sailors is deplorable.

3. Dimitrios Papadimoulis:

   What is at play here is an attempt to humiliate Greece and Greeks, or to overthrow the Tsipras government.

4. Hassan Hassan:

   It was a chance to humiliate not only Jordan but the international community fighting against it.

5. Crystal Smith:

   Just because you think it's cute or funny to make somebody embarrassed or humiliate them, think again, because if somebody would have realized that, my son would not be dead.