humiliation
/hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃn/noun
उच्चारण ह्यूमिलिएशन
अपमान, बेइज़्ज़ती, ज़िल्लत
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the unpleasant feeling of being made to feel ashamed or stupid and losing the respect of other people; a situation that makes you feel like this
अपमान, बेइज़्ज़ती, ज़िल्लत
- the humiliation of failure
- a public humiliation
- He could not hide his humiliation when the teacher read out his marks.
+ 2 more examples
- The team suffered the humiliation of losing to a school side.
- She endured years of humiliation at the hands of her cruel employer.
Synonyms embarrassment shame disgrace indignity mortification
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
humiliation (uncountable): feel / suffer humiliation
In general use, humiliation is uncountable and names the feeling of shame caused by being made to look foolish.
सामान्य प्रयोग में 'humiliation' uncountable है और मूर्ख दिखाए जाने से उत्पन्न शर्म की भावना बताता है।
- She could not hide her humiliation after the public scolding.
- He suffered humiliation at the hands of the bullies.
a humiliation (countable): a particular event
With a or in the plural, it means one specific shameful event.
a के साथ या plural में यह किसी एक विशेष शर्मनाक घटना को बताता है।
- The 0-5 defeat was a humiliation for the team.
- The staff endured many small humiliations.
humiliation of sb / humiliation for sb
Use of for the person who is shamed and for for the group affected.
जिस व्यक्ति को अपमानित किया जाए उसके लिए 'of' और प्रभावित समूह के लिए 'for' आता है।
- The humiliation of the clerk in front of customers angered everyone.
- The loss was a humiliation for the whole country.
to the humiliation of sb
This formal phrase says that someone was shamed by what happened.
यह औपचारिक वाक्यांश बताता है कि किसी घटना से कोई शर्मिंदा हुआ।
- The captain dropped the catch, to the humiliation of his team.
humiliation vs humility
Humiliation is shame forced on you; humility is a modest nature.
Humiliation थोपी गई शर्म है; humility विनम्र स्वभाव है।
- He accepted the defeat with humility, not humiliation.
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adjective + humiliation
publicbitterdeepnationalpersonal
- The result was a national humiliation for the cricket board.
verb + humiliation
sufferendureavoidfeelinflict
- No student should suffer humiliation in a classroom.
humiliation + preposition
at the hands ofin front ofbybefore
- He faced humiliation in front of his colleagues.
noun + of humiliation
sense offeeling ofdepths ofmoment of
- She felt a deep sense of humiliation.
burn / blush with humiliation
burn withblush withcringe withweep with
- He blushed with humiliation when his mistake was read out.
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- The team's humiliation was complete when they lost by an innings.
टीम का अपमान तब पूरा हो गया जब वह एक पारी से हार गई।
- She endured the humiliation of being asked to leave the hall.
उसने हॉल से बाहर जाने के लिए कहे जाने का अपमान सहा।
- No one should face humiliation because of their accent.
किसी को भी अपने लहजे के कारण अपमान का सामना नहीं करना चाहिए।
- The officer's public humiliation of the peon was condemned.
अधिकारी द्वारा चपरासी का सार्वजनिक अपमान किए जाने की निंदा हुई।
- His face burned with humiliation.
अपमान से उसका चेहरा तमतमा उठा।
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✗ They made a humiliation of the new clerk.
✓ They humiliated the new clerk.
Humiliate is a verb; English does not say make a humiliation of someone.
'Humiliate' स्वयं verb है; अंग्रेज़ी में 'make a humiliation of someone' नहीं कहते।
✗ He felt very humiliation.
✓ He felt great humiliation.
Very modifies adjectives; before a noun use great or deep.
'Very' adjective को modify करता है; noun से पहले 'great' या 'deep' आता है।
✗ I felt very humiliating when my marks were read out.
✓ I felt very humiliated when my marks were read out.
Use -ed for how a person feels and -ing for what causes the feeling.
व्यक्ति की भावना के लिए -ed और भावना पैदा करने वाली चीज़ के लिए -ing रूप आता है।
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hu·mil·i·a·tion
With -mil- (not 'humilation').
बीच में -mil- ('humilation' गलत है)।
?Which word?
Keep apart humiliation (being made to feel ashamed) and humility (the quality of not being proud; modesty), a regular trap.
Humiliation (शर्मिंदा कराया जाना) और humility (घमंड न होना; विनम्रता) को अलग रखिए, यह नियमित trap है।
Keep the shame words together: humiliation, embarrassment, indignity (treatment that makes you feel ashamed), mortification (extreme embarrassment), ignominy (public shame).
शर्म के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: humiliation, embarrassment, indignity (शर्मिंदा करने वाला व्यवहार), mortification (अत्यधिक शर्मिंदगी), ignominy (सार्वजनिक लज्जा)।