noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:HH Y UW0 M IH2 L IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
depriving one of self-esteem
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abasement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: degradation, debasement
Narrower terms: comedown
4
noun
Meaning 4
an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he had to undergo one humiliation after another
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mortification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: case, instance, example
5
noun
Meaning 5
strong feelings of embarrassment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chagrin, mortification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: embarrassment
6
noun
Meaning 6
state of disgrace or loss of self-respect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shame, disgrace, ignominy
Narrower terms: abasement, degradation, abjection
History
Etymology
From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliātiō, from humiliāre (“to humiliate”); see humiliate. Equivalent to humiliate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
133 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
poshtërim
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Arabic:
إِذْلَال
(ʔiḏlāl)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Arabic:
ذِلَّة
(ḏilla)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Armenian:
ստորացում
(storacʻum)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Armenian:
նվաստացում
(nvastacʻum)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Azerbaijani:
alçaltma
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Azerbaijani:
təhqir
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Belarusian:
прыніжэ́нне
(prynižénnje)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Belarusian:
прыніжэ́ньне
(prynižénʹnje)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Bulgarian:
униже́ние
(unižénie)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Catalan:
humiliació
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Chinese Mandarin:
羞辱
(xiūrǔ)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Chinese Mandarin:
恥辱 /耻辱
(chǐrǔ)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Chinese Mandarin:
屈辱
(qūrǔ)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Chinese Mandarin:
污辱
(wūrǔ)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Czech:
ponížení
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Danish:
ydmygelse
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Dutch:
vernedering
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Esperanto:
humiligo
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Estonian:
alandus
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Finnish:
nöyryytys
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Finnish:
nolaus
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Finnish:
nöyryyttäminen
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
French:
humiliation
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Galician:
humillación
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Georgian:
დამცირება
(damcireba)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
German:
Demütigung
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
German:
Erniedrigung
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Greek:
ταπείνωση
(tapeínosi)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Hebrew:
הַשׁפָּלָה
(hashpalá)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Hindi:
निरादर
(nirādar)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Hindi:
अपमान
(apmān)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Hungarian:
megalázás
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Hungarian:
megaláztatás
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Icelandic:
niðurlæging
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Icelandic:
auðmýking
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Icelandic:
lítillækkun
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Indonesian:
penghinaan
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Irish:
náiriú
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Irish:
uirísliú
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Italian:
umiliazione
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Japanese:
恥
(haji)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Japanese:
恥辱
(chijoku)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kazakh:
кемсіту
(kemsıtu)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kazakh:
кеміту
(kemıtu)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kazakh:
қорлау
(qorlau)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Khmer:
ការអាម៉ាស់មុខ
(kaa ʼaamah muk)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Khmer:
ការបញ្ចុះ
(kaa bɑɑbɑñcoh)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Korean:
치욕
(chiyok)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kyrgyz:
кемситүү
(kemsitüü)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kyrgyz:
кемсинтүү
(kemsintüü)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kyrgyz:
кемитүү
(kemitüü)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kyrgyz:
кордоо
(kordoo)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Kyrgyz:
басынтуу
(basıntuu)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Latvian:
pazemojums
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Lithuanian:
pažeminimas
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Macedonian:
понижување
(ponižuvanje)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Norwegian Bokmål:
ydmykelse
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Norwegian Nynorsk:
audmjuking
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Occitan:
umiliacion
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Oromo:
salphina
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Dari:
تَحْقِیر
(tahqīr)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Dari:
ذِلَّت
(zillat)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Iranian Persian:
تَحْقیر
(tahġir)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Iranian Persian:
ذِلَّت
(zellat)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Polish:
upokorzenie
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Polish:
poniżenie
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Portuguese:
humilhação
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Romanian:
umilire
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Romanian:
înjosire
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Romanian:
rușine
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Russian:
униже́ние
(unižénije)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Serbo-Croatian:
понижавање
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Serbo-Croatian:
ponižavanje
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Slovak:
poníženie
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Slovene:
ponižanje
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Spanish:
humillación
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Spanish:
papeada
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Swedish:
förödmjukelse
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Tagalog:
pag-ayop
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Tajik:
таҳқир
(tahqir)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Tajik:
зиллат
(zillat)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Thai:
การฉีกหน้า
(gaan-chìik-nâa)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Turkish:
aşağılama
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Turkish:
küçük düşürme
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Ukrainian:
прини́ження
(prynýžennja)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Urdu:
بے عِزَّتِی
(be 'izzatī)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Urdu:
تَذْلِیل
(tazlīl)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Urdu:
تَحْقِیر
(tahqīr)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Urdu:
ذِلَّت
(zillat)
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Uzbek:
kamsitish
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Uzbek:
xoʻrlash
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Uzbek:
tahqir
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Uzbek:
zillat
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Vietnamese:
sự hạ thấp
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Vietnamese:
sự làm nhục
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Volapük:
mükükam
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Zazaki:
şıkınaynen
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Zazaki:
xeder kerden
— the act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification
Belarusian:
прыніжэ́нне
(prynižénnje)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Belarusian:
прыніжэ́ньне
(prynižénʹnje)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Bulgarian:
униже́ние
(unižénie)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Catalan:
humiliació
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Czech:
ponížení
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Danish:
ydmygelse
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Dutch:
vernedering
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Esperanto:
humiligo
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Finnish:
nöyryytys
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
French:
humiliation
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Georgian:
დამცირება
(damcireba)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
German:
Demütigung
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
German:
Erniedrigung
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Ancient Greek:
ταπείνωσις
(tapeínōsis)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Hindi:
अपमानित
(apmānit)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Indonesian:
penghinaan
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Irish:
bochtaineacht
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Italian:
umiliazione
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Italian:
smacco
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Japanese:
屈辱
(kutsujoku)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Japanese:
汚辱
(ojoku)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Korean:
굴욕
(guryok)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Korean:
오욕
(oyok)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Norwegian Bokmål:
ydmykelse
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Norwegian Nynorsk:
audmjuking
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Polish:
upokorzenie
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Portuguese:
humilhação
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Russian:
униже́ние
(unižénije)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Serbo-Croatian:
понижавање
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Serbo-Croatian:
ponižavanje
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Spanish:
humillación
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Swedish:
förödmjukelse
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Ukrainian:
прини́ження
(prynýžennja)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission
Urdu:
زَک
(zak)
— the state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission