Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: humiliated
IPA transcription: [hjum'ɪli,eɪtɪd]
Pronunciations of humiliated
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: embarrassed, humiliated, mortified
    Meaning: made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride; "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: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
    Meaning: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
Usage examples
  • The officer retired confounded, humiliated, and repentant.
  • For some time her mind had been struggling with what the count had said about "the lesson." It grew upon her that her friend had been bullied and humiliated, perhaps in the presence of spectators.
  • The tax-collector walked behind his wife, and watching her downcast, sorrowful, humiliated little figure, he recalled the look of beatitude which had so irritated him at the club, and the consciousness that the beatitude was gone filled his soul with triumph.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cold War, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Han dynasty, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy, License CC BY-SA 4.0