humiliate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /hju:"mIli%eIt/

Verb

humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)

1. (transitive) To injure a person's dignity and self-respect.

Synonyms

• debase
• disgrace
• humble
• shame
• See also Wikisaurus:abash

Related terms

• humble
• humiliation
• humility

Translations

to humiliate

• Arabic: أخزى (ar) ('akhzaa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羞辱 (cmn) (xiūrǔ), 侮辱 (cmn) (wǔrǔ), 污辱 (cmn) (wūrǔ), 欺侮 (cmn) (qīwǔ), 辱罵 (cmn), 辱骂 (cmn) (rǔmà)

• Czech: ponížit (cs)
• Dutch: vernederen (nl), verootmoedigen (nl)
• Finnish: nöyryyttää (fi)
• French: humilier (fr)
• German: demütigen (de), beschämen (de)
• Hungarian: megaláz (hu)
• Indonesian: membuat malu
• Irish: náirigh (ga), uirísligh (ga)
• Italian: umiliare (it)

• Japanese: 辱める (ja) (はずかしめる, hazukashimeru), 屈辱を与える (ja) (くつじょくをあたえる, kutsujoku-o ataeru), 凹ます (ja) (へこます, hekomasu)
• Norwegian: ydmyke (no)
• Polish: upokarzać (pl), poniżyć (pl)
• Portuguese: humilhar (pt)
• Romanian: jigni (ro), umili (ro)
• Russian: (imperfective) унижать (ru) (unižát'), (perfective) унизить (ru) (unízit')
• Spanish: humillar (es)
• Swedish: förödmjuka (sv), förnedra (sv)
• Ukrainian: (imperfective) принижувати (uk) (prynýžuvaty), (perfective) принизити (uk) (prynýzyty)
• Volapük: mükükön (vo)

External links

• humiliate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• humiliate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Latin

Verb

humiliāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of humiliō