Something that humbles you and makes you feel foolish is humiliating: it's humiliating to sing your song for the school talent show in the wrong key, and it's even more humiliating when the audience laughs.
What are some synonyms of humiliate?
humiliate
- confuse.
- crush.
- degrade.
- demean.
- depress.
- disgrace.
- humble.
- shame.
How do you describe humiliation?
Humiliation is the abasement of pride, which creates mortification or leads to a state of being humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. It is an emotion felt by a person whose social status, either by force or willingly, has just decreased.