All 4 Uses of
humiliate
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- She demanded to Father's face that we go home this instant before she had to bear one more day of humiliation.†
Chpt 3
- A humiliating event in the church, and rising contentions in the village.†
Chpt 4 *humiliating = extremely embarrassing (decreasing dignity)
- Tata Ndu certainly had his arrogance in the ways of command, even calling down a vote in church to humiliate my father, but in matters of life and death, I can see now, he was almost incomprehensibly polite.†
Chpt 5humiliate = extremely embarrass (decrease dignity, self-respect, or pride)
- Least of all Neto, the young doctor-poet who just meant to spare his people from the scarring diseases of smallpox and humiliation.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
extremely embarrass (decrease dignity, self-respect, or pride -- especially in front of others)