10
humiliating(adjective, offensive, shameful, disparaging, pejorative)
10
humbling
8
degrading(adjective, offensive, boring, tedious, lowly)
7
belittling(verb, adjective, severe, sharp, harsh)
6
debasing(verb, adjective, humiliating, undignified)
6
derogatory(adjective, severe, sharp, harsh, offensive)
6
soul-crushing
5
disparaging(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, critical)
5
infra dig(expression, adjective, idiom, undignified)
5
mortifying(adjective, humiliating, undignified)
4
critical(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, unfavorable)
4
humble
4
lowering(verb, adjective, severe, sharp, harsh)
3
decrying(verb, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
3
menial(adjective, lowly)
2
abasing(verb, adjective)
2
behaving
2
comporting
2
contemptuous
2
depreciating(verb, adjective, lessening, disparaging)
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