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adjective

as in embarrassed

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verb

past tense of humiliate
as in discredited
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets

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Recent Examples of humiliated
Adjective
The incident was captured on jail surveillance footage, and Jenkins added that Musto's actions made the inmate feel humiliated and embarrassed. — Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Verb
In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Each action can increase the pressure on the person being humiliated. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Online Israel critics, whose numbers multiplied throughout 2026, humiliated Stevens. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The moment is a deliberate callback to the premiere, when Max seized a microphone at a fundraiser and humiliated Anna in public. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026 In Boston, a 30-year-old political communications strategist named Abhijeet Dipke woke up to the remark and felt humiliated by it. — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 The Fijians were tough and clinical in a huge turnaround from last weekend when they were humiliated by England 73-8 in Liverpool. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 The campaign of strikes, mostly targeting oil refineries and other energy infrastructure, has humiliated the Kremlin, snarled the logistics of its military, and forced many millions of Russians to suffer through rampant shortages of fuel. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humiliated
  1. embarrassed
  2. discredited
  3. discomfited
  4. shamed
  5. abashed
  6. humbled
  7. disconcerted
  8. disgraced
Adjective
  • Those of us who received more than others were embarrassed and unsure what to do.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • They will be sickened and embarrassed to have a parent be so callous and vindictive.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of embarrassed
Verb
  • After the exam was discredited, at least 20 students died by suicide, according to Agence France-Presse.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 25 July 2026
  • Yet the president often relies on theories that independent reviews long ago discredited.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of discredited
Adjective
  • Despite these successes at work, Ron scans as a discomfited and undistinguished middle manager.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Thomas Jefferson was likewise discomfited by the revolutionary possibility of female citizenship.
    — Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of discomfited
Verb
  • The women were shamed into surrendering their babies by their families and a powerful church.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • But because there are rules and codes that have to be honored to make sports work, the transgressors typically are penalized or at least shamed for doing so.
    — Vahe Gregorian July 7, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of shamed
Adjective
  • This journey culminated in the 2018 production at Glyndebourne, which accomplished the feat of finally reducing (most of) the London critics to abashed admiration.
    — Russell Platt, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • Privacy concerns cause abashed feeling in Silicon Valley Zuckerberg's potential retort comes after Apple's Cook made comments at the end of March in an interview with Recode's Kara Swisher and MSNBC's Chris Hayes.
    — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018
Definition of abashed
Verb
  • Jude also took being humbled by Christian, who once made a dress in four hours for an Emmy-winning Jean Smart, pretty well.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The arrogant, brooding youth is gone almost entirely, and someone far more circumspect and humbled kneels before his older brother.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of humbled
Adjective
  • The rapper pleaded not guilty after he was accused of charging at Los Angeles police officers while roaming the streets of Studio City in his underwear and a pair of cowboy boots in a disconcerted state.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Definition of disconcerted
Verb
  • Eugenie, who is twelfth in line to the British throne, is the second daughter of King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The pair’s announcement comes shortly after RadarOnline reported that Eugenie’s father, disgraced former Prince Andrew, will not meet Adelaide in person.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disgraced

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“Humiliated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humiliated. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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