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屈辱 — meaning in English

kutsujoku

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English meaning

  • humiliation noun The act of making someone feel ashamed or beneath others.
  • mortification noun The act of mortifying.
  • mortify verb To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.

Senses

屈辱 is used for these senses in English:

  • humiliation The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
  • mortification A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
  • mortify (transitive, usually, used passively) To injure the dignity of; to embarrass; to humiliate. [from 17th c.]

humiliation — full definition

  1. noun The act of making someone feel ashamed or beneath others.
  2. noun The feeling or state of being humiliated.

mortification — full definition

  1. noun The act of mortifying.
  2. noun A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
  3. noun The death of part of the body.
  4. noun A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.

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