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humiliation

/hyoo-mil-ee-ey-shuhn or, often, yoo-/US // hyuˌmɪl iˈeɪ ʃən or, often, yu- //

羞辱,耻辱,侮辱,屈辱

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
    • : the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification.

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Examples

  • Any intimacy required vulnerability, and vulnerability inevitably led back to humiliation.

  • The pandemic, police say, has exacerbated the practice — and the devastating humiliation that it can carry.

  • A national humiliation has been recast as an interesting piece of trivia, largely because the United States need no longer fear invasion by a foreign foe.

  • The Steelers packed a startling barrage of humiliation into the first quarter, a mixture of slapstick disaster and physical inadequacy.

  • LGBTQ Americans deserve the health care that they need without fear of mistreatment, harassment, or humiliation.

  • In a romantic relationship, facing humiliation or awkwardness is a strong possibility.

  • Nude prisoners were kept in a central area, and walked around as a form of humiliation.

  • The phrase somehow transforms humiliation into an act of personal liberation.

  • And she prefers living with other women who understand the humiliation she went through.

  • The humiliation of the Hill-Thomas hearings was still too fresh for them.

  • Prud'hon, in humiliation and despair, lived in a solitude almost complete.

  • She had not advanced as rapidly as she had hoped to do, and it would be insupportable humiliation to return.

  • And what humiliation to know that in your youth you are really wooed for the sake of the race alone, no matter what the delusions.

  • The royal family, imprisoned in the Tuileries, were each day drinking of the cup of humiliation to its lowest dregs.

  • Anger and humiliation extinguish my momentary impulse to rush to her assistance.