Synonyms for humiliation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
- n. 2
The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
Related words
- Word family
- humble humiliate humiliating humility
Forms
- Plural
- humiliations → mortifications, shames, embarrassments, chagrins…
Choose the right word
Chagrin unites disappointment with some degree of humiliation.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- shame I was put to shame in the presence of many people.
- embarrassment Laïcité is an embarrassment to the secular world.
- chagrin He often hastens physical intimacy, much to the chagrin of his dates.
- mortification Anne's mortification was as evident as Gilbert's satisfaction.
- disgrace What you did brought disgrace on the whole class.
- ignominy Both cars suffered the ignominy of finishing a lap down.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| humiliation | rising | |
| shame | rising | |
| embarrassment | rising | |
| chagrin | rising | |
| mortification | rising | |
| disgrace | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- shame1
- 7 letters
- chagrin2, obloquy3
- 8 letters
- disgrace2, dishonor3, ignominy4
- 9 letters
- discredit3, dishonour, indignity4, dejection, abasement
- 10 letters
- debasement3
- 11 letters
- degradation4
- 13 letters
- embarrassment4, mortification4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chagrin2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- humiliation
- Italiano
- umiliazione
- Deutsch
- Erniedrigung