0 to make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for himself or herself: --
England were humiliated (= completely defeated) in last night's match.
How could you humiliate me by questioning my judgment in front of everyone like that?
His determination to emasculate the image of gangsters explains his enthusiasm for humiliating photographs of suspects upon capture.
But this course of action would certainly have been humiliating and quite possibly politically embarrassing to boot.
There is a strong temptation to reverse its humiliating presence and make it touch the earth.
Telling on others in order to humiliate them is considered a sin.
Second, it demanded the limitation of the powers of the heads of the government departments (who were accused of humiliating employees and making arbitrary dismissals).
The threats and humiliating actions documented for the civil war take many forms.
It is not generally necessary to accept the viewpoint of the person who utters humiliating words.
On the contrary, their petty jealousies and frictions, their incompetence and, eventually, their cowardice greatly contributed to its humiliating downfall.
