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羞辱 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abasement noun The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
  • humble adjective Not proud or arrogant; modest about one's own importance or abilities.
  • humiliate verb To make someone feel ashamed or foolish, often publicly.
  • humiliation noun The act of making someone feel ashamed or beneath others.
  • shame noun A painful feeling of embarrassment or guilt caused by awareness of having done something wrong or improper.

Senses

羞辱 is used for these senses in English:

  • abasement The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low. [Mid 16th century.]
  • humble (transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
  • humiliate (transitive) To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of.
  • humiliation The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
  • shame An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.

abasement — full definition

  1. noun The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
  2. noun The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation or degradation; a feeling of having been reduced in dignity, reputation, stature, self-esteem or respect.

humble — full definition

  1. adjective Not proud or arrogant; modest about one's own importance or abilities.
  2. adjective Plain, modest, or low in rank or status.
  3. verb To make someone less proud, or to lower their status or confidence.
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