humiliates
Causes deep embarrassment
Humiliates is the third-person singular of humiliate—to make someone feel ashamed, foolish, or stripped of dignity, often publicly.
The act implies a power imbalance: a boss humiliates an employee, a bully humiliates a victim.
He humiliates her in front of their friends.
Unlike embarrassment, humiliation suggests deliberate cruelty or deep degradation.
Cause severe embarrassment
- abashCause acute discomfort
- discomfitCause unease or embarrassment
- flusterAgitated confusion
- chastenDiscipline to improve
embarrass · red-faced · cringe · awkward · faux pas · gaffe · blunder · expose
Loss of respect
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- discreditHarm another's reputation
- defameHarm reputation falsely
- stigmatizeMark with dishonor
tarnish · sully · smear · stain · expose · scandalize · disgrace · besmirch
mortify
Cause severe embarrassment
chasten · embarrass · red-faced · cringe · awkward · faux pas · gaffe · blunder · expose · catch out
dishonor
Loss of respect
stigmatize · tarnish · sully · smear · stain · expose · scandalize · disgrace · besmirch · vilify
demean
Lower in standing
- debaseLower in quality
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
- diminishTo make smaller
belittle · disparage · denigrate · undermine · devalue · cheapen · deflate · crush · lower · abase
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
scoff · deride · lampoon · satirize · parody · roast · tease · bully · heckle · goad
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- tarnishesblemishes, blots, corrupts, defames, denigrates
- public humiliationDeliberate degradation before witnesses
- online humiliationPublic degradation via internet
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