Humiliation means feeling embarrassed, degraded, or ashamed because of something embarrassing that happened to you or something someone said or did to you. It is a strong feeling of being humbled or disrespected.
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What began as a kind of public
humiliation of «the angriest man in the world» slowly transformed into a cult following of a man who insisted... with choice words... on living a life of integrity.
It can not offer the degree of vindication that parties crave, nor the measure of
public humiliation of the opponent they seek, nor the huge sums of money that they so readily anticipate.
This volume covers Johnson's uncharacteristically indecisive pursuit of the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1960, his acceptance of the vice-presidential nomination, his years of
humiliation in that office, and the first months of his presidency after the assassination of John F Kennedy on 22 November 1963.
The targeted cutting of the beard is aimed at
humiliation for a group of men that have religious and cultural reasons for not cutting their beards.
Amid talk of a looming constitutional crisis over the Repeal Bill and fears of
humiliation at the hands of Michel Barnier, law firm Kingsley Napley has conjured up an antidote to Brexit gloom.
He learns that his father was a victim of persecution in Auschwitz during the Holocaust of World War II and that he was once made to suffer public
humiliation by the Nazi officer Aloise Muller.
he saved our club
from humiliation in the cups and at times carried the team on his own.
We must now face the very real possibility of an unmitigated disaster with very severe damage to our quality of life and a painful spectacle of
humiliation on the international stage.
Our research focuses on topics such as dignity (with
humiliation as its violation), or, more precisely, on respect for equal dignity for all human beings in the world.
Time for Naughty to deal
with humiliation in the only rational way to do so, which is of course to kill them all.
But it is initially hard to understand why Nick Clegg should have been prepared to swallow
such humiliation for himself while his coalition partners seem relatively unscathed.
As well as confronting another rejection from his party's MPs Cameron also
faces humiliation on the world stage - beginning with a downgraded special relationship with the US, which is set to conduct missile strikes against Bashar al - Assad without British assistance.
Eve Tushnet's new novel Amends is about how love is better than sheer moral achievement and how, often, we have to journey
through humiliation in order to get it.
Nor have I suffered public
humiliation when it has been revealed in a public space that I am a solicitor (and technically a barrister as well).
There is no evidence that the are preparing to change the approach that brought
about humiliation in the European elections, the local council election and, last week, at Newark.
Instead, if you repeatedly die during the first chapter, you're tagged with a pink ribbon and must
endure humiliation from Ayane, but in turn you're rewarded with additional rations, as well as significantly easier foes.
A brilliant campaign waged by Alexis Tsipras and the leadership of Syriza united all those who want an end to austerity and to the
national humiliation of living under the diktat of Brussels / Frankfurt and Washington.
Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of Human Dignity and
Humiliation Studies, Istanbul, Türkiye.
When Sony went public with its agreement with Nintendo at the 1991 Consumer Electronics Show, Nintendo delivered the
ultimate humiliation by announcing the following day that it had in fact inked a deal with Philips instead.
Their 3 - 0 defeat at Swansea was a
total humiliation for the Black Cats, who had started to climb back up the table.
It is exactly the same as the great
ritual humiliations of the Tudor courts, half a millennia ago - from the bawdy public songs to the self - important constitutional contortions of the great and good.
The West was now seen to have feet of clay, while at the same time it could even more credibly be blamed for Russia's national
humiliations over the previous two decades.
I Don't Feel At Home starts strong, with a biting deadpan montage that lays out the mundane
daily humiliations faced by depressed nursing assistant Ruth (Melanie Lynskey).
In this sense God's self -
humiliation does not begin merely with creation, inasmuch as God commits himself to this world: it begins beforehand, and is the presupposition that makes creation possible.
With a slow, relentless buildup focused on
sexual humiliation, Compliance intensifies the «requests» put on Sandra, and eventually other employees, to behave immorally in the name of cooperation.
I agree Kroenke is part of the problem but lets be real he gave WENGER 100 Mill to buy players and what he got, XHAKA, MOUSTAFI, PEREZ, now these players play for their national teams so they are not the worse of the lot, the problem as I see it is the MANAGER even Lamppost Donkey GIROUD scores for France............... Kroenke's biggest fault as an owner is not getting rid of this man whose shortcomings brought us to the
final humiliation today at White Hart Lane....
48yo dom big bear requires sub experienced or novice for play up to and
including humiliation punishment and torture
Walker, who fell flat in his ballyhooed pro debut back in March and then exploded in an amazing streak of five games, during which he averaged 152.4 yards and took the league's rushing lead, suffered even
greater humiliation by gaining a scant 28 yards in 11 carries against the Stallions.
c) Dr. Kelly suffered
deep humiliation and embarrassment as a result of the discrimination, which was ongoing for a significant period of time.
Children can be damaged in many ways and spend much of their adult life untying the knots their parents had created for them — unleashing themselves from all the pain and
humiliation inflicted upon them at an innocent, young age.
In the case of Armstrong v Lendon, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice concluded that the employer had to pay 21 months of reasonable notice plus aggravated damages for the manner of termination which
caused humiliation, embarrassment and the loss of self - esteem.
If they do not step up and a very similar performance is delivered next week against Manchester United, then gunners and the fans can expect another defeat if not
humiliation coming their way.
And when the Portuguese coach needed a result after Champions
League humiliation against Sevilla on Tuesday night, it was his two favourites who...
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