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extremely embarrass (decrease dignity, self-respect, or pride — especially in front of others)
- The heretic, the enemy of society, will always be there, so that he can be defeated and humiliated over again.p. 268.2
- They slapped his face, wrung his ears. pulled his hair, made him stand on one leg, refused him leave to urinate, shone glaring lights in his face until his eyes ran with water; but the aim of this was simply to humiliate him and destroy his power of arguing and reasoning.p. 241.8
- He attempted more elaborate exercises, and was astonished and humiliated to find what things he could not do.p. 276.1
There are no more uses of "humiliate" in 1984 by Orwell.
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