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humiliation
  1. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
  2. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. disgrace, embarrassment, shame, affront, degradation, ignominy, indignity, dishonor, dishonour, humbling, abasement, chagrin, disesteem, mortification, discredit, insult, obloquy, opprobrium, condescension, discomfiture, reprobation, snub, vitiation, comedown, rebuff, resignation, submission, submissiveness, put down, brush-off, loss of face, self-abasement, slap in the face, smack in the face, touché, loss of pride, kick in the teeth, mental pain, blow to one's pride, humble pie, abashment, discomposure, discomfort, debasement, egg on one's face, humbleness, lowering, downgrading, fluster, confusion … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “And to attempt to sound dignified and saddened at being traduced by the ingrate just makes the humiliation complete.”
      “Trying to hide my humiliation, I waltzed her over to the edge of the crowd and kept my back to them as long as I could.”
      “By 1789 the confidence and prosperity of the country had been restored after the humiliation of the loss of the American colonies.”
humility
  1. The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. modesty, reserve, meekness, diffidence, humbleness, shyness, timidity, bashfulness, unpretentiousness, demureness, timorousness, lowliness, sheepishness, unassertiveness, unobtrusiveness, submissiveness, modestness, egolessness, humilitude, self-effacement, down-to-earthness, self-abasement, lack of pride, self-abnegation, inferiority complex, lack of vanity, reticence, inhibition, coyness, quietness, constraint, self-consciousness, restraint, timidness, nervousness, embarrassment, lack of pretension, discreetness, unostentatiousness, hesitation, mousiness, uneasiness, insecurity, lack of confidence, reluctance, decency, hesitancy, apprehension, introversion, repression … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He had a good sense of humor and practiced the Quaker principles of simplicity and humility.”
      “Visiting the abbey at Monte Cassino, Morris removed his abbatial cross as a sign of humility.”
      “Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks, and serve him with great humility.”
humblehood
  1. (rare) The quality, state, or condition of being humble; humility
  2. Synonyms:
      3. humbleness, humility, meekness, modesty, self-effacement
  3. Examples:
      4. “The humblehood of that person always shines through their actions and demeanor.”
humiliatrix
  1. (BDSM) A dominatrix who specialises in humiliation.
humbleness
  1. Humility; the property of being humble.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. modesty, humility, meekness, reserve, shyness, diffidence, reticence, unpretentiousness, bashfulness, lowliness, demureness, inhibition, constraint, coyness, quietness, discreetness, self-effacement, down-to-earthness, lack of pretension, unostentatiousness, timidity, simplicity, plainness, simpleness, unassumingness, economicalness, timorousness, unassertiveness, self-consciousness, timidness, nervousness, sheepishness, unobtrusiveness, restraint, insecurity, uneasiness, modestness, self-doubt, lack of self-confidence, reluctance, submissiveness, embarrassment, decency, apprehension, introversion, mousiness, unease, backwardness, uncertainty, lack of vanity … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I was immediately drawn in by his lack of pretense and humbleness.”
      “The beauty of ubuntu is that it includes empathy, humbleness, compassion, mutual respect, sharing and caring.”
      “The warmth and humbleness of the material helps, as does the lovely clearness and simplicity of the outline.”
humblesse
  1. (obsolete) Humility, humbleness.
humblehead
  1. (obsolete) Humble condition or estate; humility.
humbling
  1. An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. embarrassment, ignominy, humiliation, mortification, indignity, disgrace, dishonour, dishonor, abashment, crawling, prostration, self-abasement, loss of face, eating humble pie, self-effacement, abasement, shame, degradation, chagrin, discomfiture, affront, put down, lowering, downgrading, loss of pride, demotion, disesteem, opprobrium, obloquy, discredit, insult, condescension, discomposure, reprobation, resignation, comedown, humble pie, slap in the face, smack in the face, blow to one's pride, compunction, shamefacedness, discomfort, snub, vitiation, submissiveness, rebuff, submission, mental pain, touché … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The narrative ends with Nebuchadnezzar's acknowledgment that his own arrogance led to his humbling.”
humble
  1. (Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel.
humiliator
  1. One who humiliates.
  2. Examples:
      3. “But public humiliation has become taboo at work, indicting the humiliator more than the humiliated.”
      “The Napoleon they worshipped was not the tyrant of France, but the humiliator of kings and of hereditary authority.”
      “Togo. Japan's greatest previous naval hero, victor of Tsushima, humiliator of the Russians.”
humilitude
  1. (rare, obsolete) Humility.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. humility, modesty, reserve, meekness, diffidence, humbleness, shyness, timidity, bashfulness, unpretentiousness, demureness, timorousness, lowliness, sheepishness, unassertiveness, unobtrusiveness, submissiveness, modestness, egolessness, self-effacement, down-to-earthness, self-abasement, lack of pride, self-abnegation, inferiority complex, lack of vanity … more
humbles
  1. (archaic) Entrails of a deer.
humbler
  1. One who humbles.
humiliations
  1. plural of humiliation
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disgraces, embarrassments, shames, affronts, degradations, ignominies, indignities, dishonors, dishonours, humblings, abasements, chagrins, disesteem, mortifications, discredit, insults, obloquies, opprobriums, condescensions, discomfitures, reprobations, snubs, vitiations, comedowns, rebuffs, resignations, submissions, submissiveness, put downs, brush-offs, losses of face, self-abasements, slaps in the face, kicks in the teeth, humble pies … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “What of the gropes, the bullying, the sadistic humiliations he said he was responsible for?”
      “The moral masochist denies his need of humiliations, and explains his suffering as purely accidental.”
      “Mark's reveries turn to the minor humiliations he will be able to impose on his flatmate if he gets the job.”
humiliatrices
  1. plural of humiliatrix
humiliatrixes
  1. plural of humiliatrix
humiliators
  1. plural of humiliator
humilitudes
  1. plural of humilitude
  2. Synonyms:
      3. humilities, modesties, reserves, meeknesses, diffidences, humblenesses, shynesses, timidities, bashfulnesses, unpretentiousness, demurenesses, timorousnesses, lowlinesses, sheepishness, unassertiveness, unobtrusiveness, submissiveness, modestness, egolessness, self-effacements, down-to-earthness, self-abasements, self-abnegations, inferiority complexes … more
humblenesses
  1. plural of humbleness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. modesties, humilities, meeknesses, reserves, shynesses, diffidences, reticences, unpretentiousness, bashfulnesses, lowlinesses, demurenesses, inhibitions, constraints, coynesses, quietnesses, discreetness, self-effacements, down-to-earthness, unostentatiousness, simplicities, timidities, plainnesses, simplenesses, unassumingness, economicalness, timorousnesses, unassertiveness, timidness, nervousnesses, unobtrusiveness, sheepishness, restraints, uneasinesses, insecurities, modestness, self-doubts, reluctances, submissiveness, embarrassments, decencies, apprehensions, introversions, mousiness, unease, backwardnesses, uncertainties, self-abasements, inferiority complexes, unsophistication, unimportance … more
humblings
  1. plural of humbling
  2. Synonyms:
      3. embarrassment, ignominy, humiliation, mortification, indignities, disgrace, dishonour, dishonor, abashment, crawlings, prostrations, self-abasements, loss of face, self-effacement, abasements, shame, degradation, chagrin, discomfiture, put downs, affronts, slaps in the face, lowerings, opprobrium, comedowns, downgradings, condescension, discomposure, resignation, demotions, obloquy, humble pie, insults, discredit, disesteem, reprobations, shamefacedness, compunctions, discomfort, submissiveness, brush-offs, kicks in the teeth, snubs, rebuffs, vitiations, submission, belittlings, bumps, reduction, humility … more
humilities
  1. plural of humility
  2. Synonyms:
      3. modesties, reserves, meeknesses, diffidences, humblenesses, shynesses, timidities, bashfulnesses, unpretentiousness, demurenesses, timorousnesses, lowlinesses, sheepishness, unassertiveness, unobtrusiveness, submissiveness, modestness, egolessness, humilitudes, self-effacements, down-to-earthness, self-abasements, self-abnegations, inferiority complexes, reticences, inhibitions, coynesses, quietnesses, constraints, restraints, timidness, nervousnesses, embarrassments, discreetness, unostentatiousness, hesitations, mousiness, uneasinesses, insecurities, decencies, reluctances, hesitancies, apprehensions, introversions, repressions, reservations, reservednesses, self-doubts, self-deprecation, self-criticism … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Extensive tests were conducted at constant space air temperature and varied relative humilities.”
      “For we could not conceive of Wordsworth as submitting his faculties to the humilities and devotion of courtship.”
      “But were his generalities about life strong enough to push her and her humilities aside?”
humblers
  1. plural of humbler
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