humiliation.

A painful loss of dignity or self-respect, especially through public treatment.

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Words that belong together

• public humiliation
• sense of humiliation

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The public correction caused needless humiliation.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Countable or uncountable by context; countable singular humiliation; plural humiliations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.