humiliant
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hjuːˈmɪliənt/
Adjective
humiliant (comparative more humiliant, superlative most humiliant)
- humiliating; humbling
- 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:
- But rather coupled darkly and made ashamed
By my percipiency of sin and fall
In melancholy of humiliant thoughts.
References
- “humiliant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /y.mi.ljɑ̃/
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Adjective
humiliant (feminine humiliante, masculine plural humiliants, feminine plural humiliantes)
- humiliating
- Near-synonym: avilissant
Further reading
- “humiliant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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