Humiliate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HUMIL'IATE, v.t. [L ... colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (-ated ... n. Etymology: LL humiliare (as HUMBLE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Humiliate Hu*mil"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humiliated ... M. Arnold. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (humiliates, humiliating, humiliated) To humiliate someone means to say or do something which makes them ...
... colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase] Merriam Webster's I. adjective (humbler ... you. --1 Pet. v. 6. Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Humble Hum"ble ... fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.] 1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious ... arrogance. 2. Low, small, poor, unpretending. II. v. a. 1. Humiliate, shame, mortify, degrade, crush, break, subdue, abash, make ashamed, bring ... flatten, gentle, homely, housebroken, humble-looking, humble-visaged, humbled, humblest, humiliate, ignoble, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, inglorious, innocuous, insignificant ...
... Webster's I. transitive verb Date: 1580 1. archaic to humiliate by a superior showing 2. to be a source of ... wroth gan foully her disgrace. --Spenser. Syn: To degrade; humble; humiliate; abase; disparage; defame; dishonor; debase. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (disgraces ... v. a. 1. Put out of favor, dismiss from favor, humiliate, humble, degrade, strip of rank or honors. 2. Dishonor, discredit ... hangdog look, harm, hold in contempt, humble, humbled pride, humbling, humiliate, humiliation, ignominy, impute shame to, indignity, infamy, iniquity, knavery, knock ...
... person for not showing shame. put to shame disgrace or humiliate by revealing superior qualities etc. shame on you! you should ... To put to shame, to cause to feel shame; to humiliate; to disgrace. ``Let them be driven backward and put to ... II. v. a. 1. Abash, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, humiliate, humble, make ashamed. 2. Disgrace, dishonor, degrade, debase, discredit, sully ... error, evil, force, grief, guilt, hangdog look, humble, humbled pride, humiliate, humiliation, humility, ignominy, impute shame to, infamy, iniquity, knavery, let ...
... criticize < was put down for the way she dressed > d. humiliate, squelch < put him down with a sharp retort > 3. to ... 2. Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy, conquer. 3. Degrade, confute, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble, extinguish, suppress. 4. Confute, silence. Moby ... hold cheap, hold down, hold in contempt, humble, humbled pride, humiliate, humiliation, hurl a brickbat, immolate, impanel, impose, impose on, impose ...
... colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase] 4: undergo necrosis; "the tissue around ... harass, plague, worry, disquiet, chagrin, annoy, trouble, humble, depress. 3. Humiliate, humble, shame, confound, abase, abash, put down, restrain, subdue. II ... to pieces, fester, gangrene, go bad, go to pieces, humble, humiliate, let down, mildew, mold, molder, necrose, punish, put down, put ...
... 1 suppress by force or authority. 2 colloq. snub or humiliate. 3 record or enter in writing. 4 enter the name ... Shak. To put one's nose out of joint, to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections ...
... of troops. pull down 1 demolish (esp. a building). 2 humiliate. 3 colloq. earn (a sum of money) as wages etc ... hold in, hold in leash, hold up, hoodwink, hope for, humiliate, imbibe, impel, impress, imprint, improve, in, influence, inhalation, inhale, inhale ...
... Synonyms v. a. Shame, mortify, confuse, confound, disconcert, discompose, cow, humiliate, humble, snub, put to shame, make ashamed, put down, put ... discountenance, dismay, disturb, dump, dump on, embarrass, faze, flummox, humble, humiliate, lower, moider, mortify, perturb, pother, put down, put out, rattle ...
... for himself to do all things by. --Hooker. (c) To humiliate. To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten ... for himself to do all things by. --Hooker. (c) To humiliate. To set eyes on, to see; to behold; to fasten ...
... bill exchange. Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble; humiliate; debauch; pollute. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n ... at, flout, fraudulence, fraudulency, gibe at, give offense to, humble, humiliate, hurl a brickbat, ignominy, ill fame, ill repute, ill-favor ...
... or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the ... or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the ...
... v., n., & adj. --v.tr. (snubbed, snubbing) 1 rebuff or humiliate with sharp words or a marked lack of cordiality. 2 ... rebuke, chide. 3. Abash (as a pretentious person), slight, humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, confound, disconcert, discomfit, put down, take down, make ...