humiliation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect

   They had to undergo one humiliation after another.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.

   Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

3. 3
   noun

   The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

   Loving and beloved by him, how different would her destiny have been! An utter sense of desolation came over her; a terror of the future, an overwhelming agony in the present. That he, of all others, should be the one to witness her humiliation!

4. 4
   noun

   depriving one of self-esteem

5. 5
   noun

   strong feelings of embarrassment

6. 6
   noun

   state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

Etymology

From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliātiō, from humiliāre (“to humiliate”); see humiliate. Equivalent to humiliate + -ion.