humiliating

humiliating
adj.
VERBS
be
find sth
ADVERB
deeply, very
totally, utterly

He found the experience utterly humiliating.

pretty, rather
PREPOSITION
for

It was pretty humiliating for him to lose in that way.

to

a settlement that was deeply humiliating to their country

Humiliating is used with these nouns: ↑defeat, ↑failure, ↑rebuff, ↑retreat, ↑snub, ↑U-turn

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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