humiliation

  • 11HUMILIATION — s. f. Action par laquelle on s humilie, on est humilié ; ou État d une personne humiliée, mortifiée. Je n ai pu le voir dans une si grande humiliation sans lui pardonner. Les infirmités humaines sont un grand sujet d humiliation. C est le comble… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 12Humiliation —          GUEVARA (Ernesto, dit Che)     Bio express : Révolutionnaire cubain d origine argentine (1928 1967)     «Vous me demandez ce qui me pousse à l action ? C est la volonté de me trouver au coeur de toutes les révoltes contre l humiliation,… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 13HUMILIATION — n. f. Action d’humilier, de s’humilier ou Résultat de cette action. Je n’ai pu le voir dans une si grande humiliation sans lui pardonner. Les infirmités humaines sont un grand sujet d’humiliation. C’est le comble de l’humiliation. Il se dit aussi …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 14humiliation — n. 1) to suffer humiliation 2) abject humiliation * * * [hjuːˌmɪlɪ eɪʃ(ə)n] abject humiliation to suffer humiliation …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 15humiliation — [[t]hjuːmɪ̱lie͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] humiliations 1) N UNCOUNT Humiliation is the embarrassment and shame you feel when someone makes you appear stupid, or when you make a mistake in public. She faced the humiliation of discussing her husband s affair. 2)… …

    English dictionary

  • 16humiliation — UK [hjuːˌmɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [hjuˌmɪlɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms humiliation : singular humiliation plural humiliations 1) [uncountable] the unhappy and ashamed feeling that you get when something embarrassing happens I doubt he would risk further… …

    English dictionary

  • 17humiliation — hu|mil|i|a|tion [ hju,mıli eıʃn ] noun 1. ) uncount the unhappy and ashamed feeling you get when something embarrassing happens: I doubt he would risk further public humiliation. 2. ) count something that makes you feel very embarrassed and… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18humiliation — /hyooh mil ee ay sheuhn/ or, often, /yooh /, n. 1. an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated. 2. the state or feeling of being humiliated; mortification. [1350 1400; ME < LL humiliation (s. of humiliatio). See HUMILIATE, ION] Syn. 2.&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 19Humiliation — Hu|mi|li|a|ti|on 〈f. 20; veraltet〉 Demütigung, Erniedrigung [→ humil] * * * Hu|mi|li|a|ti|on, die; , en [frz. humiliation &LT; spätlat. humiliatio] (veraltet): Demütigung …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 20humiliation — hu|mil|i|a|tion [hju:ˌmıliˈeıʃən] n 1.) [U] a feeling of shame and great embarrassment, because you have been made to look stupid or weak ▪ the humiliation of having to ask her parents for money 2.) a situation that makes you feel humiliated ▪&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English