Synonyms for humiliate
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Mortify — to cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of
mortify, embarrass, disgrace, degrade, put to shame, shame, humble, abase, dishonor US, dishonour UK, lower, bring low, chagrin, depress, abash, disconcert, deject, confuse, confound, diminish, reproach, depreciate, discomfit
2. Demean — to make humble; to lower in condition or status
demean, defame, discredit, demote, reduce, sink, disparage, slur, downgrade
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.
- v. 2
To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
Related words
- Word family
- humble humiliation humility
Forms
- Past participle
- humiliated
e.g. humiliated → mortified, embarrassed, disgraced, degraded…
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Humble in present use refers chiefly to feeling of heart; humiliate to outward conditions; even when one is said to humble himself, he either has or affects to have humility of heart.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- disgrace What you did brought disgrace on the whole class.
- embarrass I doubt very seriously that that'll embarrass Tom.
- degrade Don't degrade yourself by telling such a lie.
- demean I didn't mean to demean you.
- defame Sami didn't want to defame anyone.
By length
- 4 letters
- sink1, slur1
- 5 letters
- lower2, shame1, abase, abash2
- 6 letters
- reduce2, humble2, demean2, defame2, demote2, deject2
- 7 letters
- confuse2, degrade2, chagrin2, depress2, mortify3
- 8 letters
- disgrace2, diminish3, dishonor3, reproach2, confound2, stultify3
- 9 letters
- embarrass3, discredit3, downgrade2, dishonour, disparage3, discomfit
- 10 letters
- depreciate4, disconcert3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lower2 = 2 syllables).