1. causing someone to feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect

Examples

• The public apology was a humiliating experience for the politician.
• She found it humiliating to ask her parents for money at age thirty.
• The team’s humiliating defeat ended their championship hopes.
• He avoided eye contact after the humiliating mistake during his presentation.
• The humiliating punishment made the student never want to misbehave again.
• It was humiliating to be corrected in front of all her colleagues.