SuaviloquyToday’s word

humiliation

Humiliation, n.

Etymology: [L. humiliatio: cf. F. humiliation.]

1. The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification. Bp. Hopkins.

2. The state of being humiliated, humbled, or reduced to lowliness or submission. The former was a humiliation of Deity; the latter a humiliation of manhood. Hooker.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for humiliation; he lists it under chagrin.

Where he writes about it:

Chagrin unites disappointment with some degree of humiliation. — from chagrin

Synonyms

chagrinconfusiondisappointmentdiscomposuredismaymortificationshamevexation

Antonyms

delightexultationfamegloryrejoicingtriumph

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