humiliate
v.
shame, mortify, lower someone's pride, humble
Humiliation
Etymology: Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare, from Latin humilis low. To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes or others' eyes. While related to the word "humble," it is possible for one to be humiliated and not humbled.
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humiliate
Verb
1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish
(derivation) humiliation
Humiliate
(v. t.)
To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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胯下之辱
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The humiliation of crawling under the crotch.
Referring to extreme humiliation.