humiliate
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ verbo B2En español: humillar, papear
- To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of. · The bully tried to humiliate the other students during lunch.· He would never intentionally humiliate anyone, even in jest.
- To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
- To defeat overwhelmingly.
He/she/it humiliates · Pasado humiliated · Participio pasado humiliated · Forma en -ing humiliating
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De la biblioteca
“It is humiliating,” said he, “thus to receive money given grudgingly,—an uncertain supply which may soon fail.
de Blacas moved suddenly towards the baron, but the fright of the courtier pleaded for the forbearance of the statesman; and besides, as matters were, it was much more to his advantage that the prefect of police should triumph over him than that he should humiliate the prefect.
Sire, go, leave France to its real master, to him who acquired it, not by purchase, but by right of conquest; go, sire, not that you incur any risk, for your adversary is powerful enough to show you mercy, but because it would be humiliating for a grandson of Saint Louis to owe his life to the man of Arcola, Marengo, Austerlitz.’ Tell him this, Gérard; or, rather, tell him nothing.
It would be so humiliating.
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