All 6 Uses of
humiliate
in
It Happened to Nancy
- He's bright, and his life is in such order, but he's shy too, and I can just imagine how humiliated he is.†
p. 35.9 *humiliated = extremely embarrassed (decreased dignity)
- That is too degrading and humiliating—and what if I dropped my purse and it fell out?†
p. 156.6humiliating = extremely embarrassing (decreasing dignity)
- As I got to the aisle, I was so humiliated I wanted to faint, disappear, die ...die ...die ... Sixteen-year-old women do not wet their pants in a movie theater with nineteen of their friends around them.†
p. 168.8humiliated = extremely embarrassed (decreased dignity)
- Maybe they'd turn on the house lights and EVERYONE, EVERYONE IN THE WHOLE PLACE, WOULD WITNESS MY HUMILIATION ...MY PAIN, MY SHAME.†
p. 169.3
- Dear Self, no one in the whole world has ever been so embarrassed and humiliated.†
p. 176.6humiliated = extremely embarrassed (decreased dignity)
- I didn't realize how much being an outsider can hurt, how humiliating and ego-battering it is.†
p. 195.6humiliating = extremely embarrassing (decreasing dignity)
Definition:
extremely embarrass (decrease dignity, self-respect, or pride -- especially in front of others)