English-Thai Dictionary

humiliate

VT ขายหน้าขายตา  ทำให้ เสียเกียรติ  kai-na-kai-ta

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUMILIATE

v.t.[L. humilio.] To humble; to lower in condition; to depress; as humiliated slaves.

 

HUMILIATED

pp. Humbled; depressed; degraded.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUMILIATE

Hu *mil "i *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated; p. pr. & vb. n.Humiliating. ] Etym: [L. humiliatus, p.p. of humiliare. See Humble. ]

 

Defn: To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify. We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. M. Arnold.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

humiliate

hu mil i ate |(h )yo͞oˈmilēˌāt (h )juˈmɪliˌeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, esp. publicly: you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school! DERIVATIVES hu mil i a tor |-ˌātər |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘bring low ’): from late Latin humiliat- ‘made humble, ’ from the verb humiliare, from humilis (see humble ). The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

humiliate

hu ¦mili |ate |hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride: you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school! DERIVATIVES humiliator noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (earlier (late Middle English ) as humiliation ): from late Latin humiliat- ‘made humble ’, from the verb humiliare, from humilis (see humble ). The original meaning was ‘bring low ’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

humiliate

humiliate verb he was humiliated in front of the whole school: embarrass, mortify, humble, shame, put to shame, disgrace, chagrin; discomfit, chasten, abash, deflate, crush, squash; abase, debase, demean, degrade, lower; belittle, cause to feel small, cause to lose face; informal show up, put down, cut down to size, take down (a peg or two ), put someone in their place, make someone eat crow.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

humiliate

humiliate verb you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school: embarrass, mortify, humble, show up, shame, make ashamed, put to shame; disgrace, discomfit, chasten, subdue, abash, abase, debase, demean, degrade, deflate, crush, quash, squash, bring down, bring low, cause to feel small, cause to lose face, make someone eat humble pie, take down a peg or two; informal put down, cut down to size, settle someone's hash; N. Amer. informal make someone eat crow. ANTONYMS aggrandize.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

humiliate

hu mil i ate /hjumɪ́lièɪt /動詞 他動詞 (特に人前で )〈人 〉に恥をかかせる, 屈辱を与える .

 

humiliated

hu m í l i à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 恥をかいた, 屈辱を受けた ▸ feel humiliated 恥ずかしい思いをする .