verb
- Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
- usage: "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
adjective
- Subdued or brought low in condition or status.
- usage: "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
- Made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.
- usage: "too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"; "humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"; "felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
- synonyms: embarrassed, mortified
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