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demütigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • demean verb To lower someone's dignity or make them seem less worthy of respect.
  • embarrass verb To make someone feel awkward, ashamed, or self-conscious, often in front of others.
  • 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.

Senses

demütigen is used for these senses in English:

  • demean (obsolete) To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  • embarrass (transitive) to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
  • 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.

embarrass — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel awkward, ashamed, or self-conscious, often in front of others.
  2. verb To cause financial or practical difficulty for someone.

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