humiliatingly

In mortifying fashion

In a manner that causes humiliation or deep embarrassment.

The word emphasizes the degrading quality of an action or situation: He was humiliatingly defeated in the first round.

It often appears where simple embarrassment doesn't capture the severity—there's a sense of being diminished or shamed before others.

shameful

disgracefully

In a dishonorable manner

disreputably · infamously · discreditably · reprehensibly · contemptibly · deplorably · unworthily · sordidly · ingloriously · publicly

defeating

crushingly

In an overwhelming way

demoralizingly · defeatedly · powerlessly · helplessly · hopelessly · abjectly · thoroughly · completely · utterly · roundly

degrading

demeaning

Causing loss of respect

denigrating · disparaging · abasing · insulting · contemptuous · derogatory · discrediting · depreciative · disrespecting · reductive

embarrassing

mortifyingly

In humiliating fashion

flustered · self-consciously · abashedly · sheepishly · uncomfortably · blushingly · chagrined · bumblingly · clumsily · gauchely

Opposites
emotional impact on dignity

humiliatinglyproudly

With evident self-satisfaction

triumphantly · gloriously · honorably · nobly · victoriously

social standing effect

humiliatinglygloriously

In a magnificent manner

triumphantly · honorably · admirably · impressively · creditably

Family

humiliating

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