humiliate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.

   The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.

2. 2
   verb

   cause to feel shame

3. 3
   verb

   To make humble; to lower in condition or status.

4. 4
   verb

   To defeat overwhelmingly.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.