humiliate
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Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 26 June 2024
The central, quasi-Shakespearean intrigue — which revolves around Katherine’s potential exposure as a co-conspirator of Askew — is also handled adroitly, even if many of the scenes simply feature Henry’s gratuitously cruel efforts to humiliate Katherine.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
But who among us has not had a little marital spat over one person buying an entire hospital just to humiliate the other?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 31 May 2024
The discovery comes as the federal government pushes for new laws to impose prison sentences on offenders who create and share images made by AI tools to humiliate and denigrate victims.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 13 June 2024
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“Humiliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humiliate. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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humiliate
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from Latin humiliatus "made to lose pride or self-respect," from earlier humiliare "to make low or humble," from humilis "low, humble," from humus "earth"
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