humiliate

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
  2. (transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
  3. (transitive) To defeat overwhelmingly.

Concepts

faire honte à

faire affront

s’humilier

faire affront à

aller sur le pré

envoyer un cartel

jeter le gant à

rencontrer sur le terrain

se confronter avec

faire injure

Opposé de
dignify, honor
Traductions

ταπεινώνω

verootmoedigen

εξευτελίζω

kleinmaken

أخزى

Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

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