humiliations in English

noun

1

the action of humiliating someone or the state of being humiliated.

they suffered the humiliation of losing in the opening round

synonyms: embarrassment, mortification, shame, indignity, ignominy, disgrace, discomfiture, dishonor, degradation, discredit, belittlement, opprobrium, loss of face, blow to one's pride/ego, slap in the face, kick in the teeth, comedown

noun

embarrassment, mortification, shame, indignity, ignominy, disgrace, discomfiture, dishonor, degradation, discredit, belittlement, opprobrium, loss of face, blow to one's pride/ego, slap in the face, kick in the teeth, comedown
abasement
mortification, chagrin
mortification

Use "humiliations" in a sentence

1. All the petty little humiliations.

2. Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations

3. My inability to swim has been one of my greatest humiliations and embarrassments.

4. In Goffman’s words, the inmate ‘begins a series of Abasements, degradations, humiliations, and profanations of self

5. Similarly, workfare might expose people to the stigma and frequent humiliations that are damaging to health.

6. Riding the Elephant: A Memoir of Altercations, Humiliations, Hallucinations, and Observations [Ferguson, Craig] on Amazon.com

7. So often, both Counterinsurgency and urban policing involve countless routine humiliations of a mostly innocent populace

8. What are the specific hardships and humiliations we can address within the larger context of legislation?

9. Le Testament d'un Blagueur est le recit de toutes les miseres et humiliations que fait subir la capitale a un jeune provincial pauvre monte de son Velay natal, annonce le premier volet de la trilogie de Jules Valles (1832-1885), L'Enfant.