Associations to the word «Humiliation»

Wiktionary

HUMILIATION, noun. The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
HUMILIATION, noun. The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.

Dictionary definition

HUMILIATION, noun. State of disgrace or loss of self-respect.
HUMILIATION, noun. Strong feelings of embarrassment.
HUMILIATION, noun. An instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another".
HUMILIATION, noun. Depriving one of self-esteem.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats