Reverse Dictionary: HUMILIATE

ADJECTIVES
..825 — HEAN → HENE mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial → obs.
1590 — AFFLICTED dejected, downcast; humble; humiliated → obs.
1623 — ABATED humbled; humiliated
1816 — OUTDONE put out, perplexed, exasperated, displeased; disappointed, overcome, beaten, humiliated, embarrassed → Amer. dial.
1845 — GROVELLED humiliated, debased
1950 — HACKED TO THE CROKER SACK extremely humiliated or embarrassed → Amer. dial.
1980 — DUSTED shamed, humiliated → sl.
1980 — RAKED humiliated → US students’ sl.
1985 — FACED humiliated, embarrassed → US students’ sl.
1990 — BURNED disappointed; humiliated; put down → sl. (Bk.)

INTERJECTIONS
1970 — CHUCK YOU, FARLEY (AND YOUR WHOLE FAMN DAMILY)! may you and yours be reviled, abused, humiliated, rejected, etc. → US sl.
1997 — OH THE PAIN, THE SHAME! used as a humorous comment on humiliation → US sl.

NOUNS
..888 — EDMODNESS gentleness, humility, meekness → obs.
1000 — EDMEDE gentleness, humility → obs.
1175 — BUXOMNESS obedience; submissiveness; lowliness, humility → obs.
1230 — LOWSHIP lowliness; humility →  obs.
1377 — UMBLETE humility → obs.
1450 — LOWLIHEAD humility, meekness → rare
1522 — DOWNCOME descent from a higher place or position; downfall; humiliation → chiefly Sc.
1525 — ABJECTION the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation → obs.
1653 — ABASURE the quality of being abased; humiliation → obs.
1818 — LOWLIHOOD humility, meekness → rare
1900 — DISH-DOWN a disappointment; humiliation → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1932 — PUTDOWN a snub or humiliation → sl.
1943 — ASS-KICKING a physical bearing or assault; a severe defeat, reprimand, or humiliation → US sl.
1973 — DOWN TROU an embarrassment or humiliation → NZ
1978 — FACIAL an instance of humiliation; an insult; a rebuff → Amer. sl.
2007 — BEASTING a ‘dressing-down’, humiliation → UK sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1827 — SQUABASHER someone who delivers a crushing blow to another’s morale; one who humiliates → Sc.

VERBS
..950 — HEAN → HENE to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower → obs.
1300 — DOWNCOME to descend from a higher place or position → rare
1425 — PULL DOWN to humble, to humiliate
1491 — HUMILE to humble, to humiliate, to abase → obs.
1575 — DIMINUTE to lessen; to belittle, to disparage, to put down, to degrade, to humiliate
1588 — TAKE ONE A BUTTON-HOLE LOWER to humiliate or take the conceit out of him → colloq.
1592 — TAKE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE OR TWO to lower a person in status or esteem; to humble or humiliate a person, esp. one regarded as having an inflated opinion of himself or herself → colloq.
1593 — CROW-TREAD to subject to humiliating or degrading treatment; to abuse; to debase → obs.
1593 — TAKE ONE DOWN A BUTTON-HOLE to humiliate or take the conceit out of him → colloq.
1599 — EAT ONE’S LEEK to submit to humiliation under compulsion
1599 — EAT THE LEEK to accept humiliation submissively; to submit to what is humiliating
..L16 — LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
..L16 — TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
..L16 — TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
1625 — PISS UPON to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate → sl.
1747 — LET DOWN to abase, to humble, to humiliate
1789 — DRAW A PERSON’S EYETEETH to take the strength, pride, or self-confidence out of someone; to humiliate; to dupe or cheat
..19C — EAT DOG to ‘eat one’s words’; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done; to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating → sl.
1800 — BORE to ridicule, to humiliate, to embarrass → Amer. dial.
1814 — CUT THE COMB OF to lower the pride of; to take down a peg; to abash, to humiliate
1845 — LOWBELL to condemn and humiliate a person publicly by causing a disturbance outside his or her house by beating pots and kettles, singing and chanting loudly, etc.; to subject to rough music → Eng. dial. rare
.M19 — EAT DIRT to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing → sl.
.M19 — EAT DIRT PIE to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing → sl.
.M19 — EAT DUST to retract a previous statement, usually incurring humiliation and embarrassment by so doing → sl.
1855 — KICK A PERSON’S ARSE, KICK A PERSON’S ASS to defeat or humiliate; to exhaust or tire out → colloq.
1871 — GRAVEL to annoy, to disturb, to distress, to embarrass, to humiliate → Amer. dial.
1877 — EAT BOILED CROW to be forced to do something extremely disagreeable and humiliating → US colloq.
1877 — EAT CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind → sl.
1889 — TAKE A FALL OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl.
1891 ​— DO A PERSON IN THE EYE to defraud, to injure, to humiliate a person
..E20 — BEND ONE OVER to position someone for pederasty; to dominate or humiliate someone; usually said of a male → US criminals’ sl.
..E20 — TAKE DOWN A PEG to reduce a person’s self-esteem; to humiliate someone; to force a brash or bumptious person to conform → sl.
1905 — HAVE ONE’S MEAT DO ONE NO GOOD to be discontented or churlish; to be vexed, disappointed, to humiliated → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — TAKE DOWN A HACK to humble, to humiliate → Sc.
1913 — TAKE DOWN to humiliate, to defeat → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1930 — EAT ACORNS to suffer humiliation; to accept defeat → African-American sl.
1930 — EAT CRAP to suffer and accept humiliation; to humble oneself, usually in order to attain a desired goal → sl., orig. US
1930 — EAT IT to suffer humiliation, esp. in attaining a desired goal → sl.
1930 — EAT SHIT to suffer and accept humiliation → sl.
1930 — EAT SHIT AND DIE to suffer and accept humiliation → sl.
1930 — SCHTUP → SHTUP → STUPP to destroy; to humiliate; to defeat → sl,. orig. US
1941 — BREAK A PERSON’S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person
1942 — BRING DOWN TO ONE’S MARROWBONES to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — COME DOWN ON → COME DOWN UPON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — CRIMP to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — GIVE A TAKING-DOWN to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — JUMP ON → JUMP UPON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — KNOCK ONE OFF HIS PERCH to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — KNOCK THE BOTTOM OUT OF ONE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — KNOCK THE WIND OUT OF ONE’S SAILS to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LET DOWN A FEW PEGS to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LET DOWN A PEG to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LET DOWN A PEG OR TWO to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LET THE AIR OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — LET THE GAS OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MAKE A CHUMP OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — MAKE A SAP OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PULL ONE OFF HIS HIGH HORSE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUNCTURE ONE’S BALLOON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT A TUCK IN ONE’S TAIL to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT ONE IN HIS PLACE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT ONE WHERE HE BELONGS to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT ONE’S NOSE OUT OF JOINT to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT ONE’S PIPE OUT to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE CRIMP ON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE ROLLERS UNDER to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE SKID UNDER to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE SQUASH ON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE SQUASHER ON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE SQUELCHER ON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — PUT THE SQUELCH ON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — QUEER to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SEND AWAY WITH A FLEA IN ONE’S EAR to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SET ONE IN HIS PLACE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SETTLE ONE’S HASH to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SETTLE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SIT ON → SIT UPON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SQUASH to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SQUAT ON to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — SQUELCH to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — STAND A PERSON DOWN to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE A TUCK IN to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE A TUMBLE OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE AWAY ONE’S SHINE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE DOWN A FEW PEGS to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE DOWN A NOTCH to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE DOWN A PEG OR TWO to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE IT OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE AIR OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE FRILLS OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE GAS OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE RISE OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE SHINE OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE STARCH OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE TUCK OUT OF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TAKE THE WIND OUT OF ONE’S SAILS to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TELL WHERE TO GET OFF to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — TELL WHERE TO HEAD IN to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WIPE ONE’S EYE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 — WIPE THE EYE OF ONE to humiliate → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1944 — EAT DRAG DUST to be humiliated → Amer. dial.
1950 — FACE to outperform, to show up, to humiliate, to insult → US students’ sl.
1950 — TAKE SHIT to suffer (and accept) humiliation, annoyance, or teasing; often in negative → sl., orig. US
1951 — PISS ON to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate → sl.
1952 — FACE DOWN to humiliate, to insult, to show up → US students’ sl.
1958 — PUT ONE DOWN to humiliate someone → sl., orig. US
1960 — JEFF to behave obsequiously, esp. towards Whites; to humiliate oneself → African-American sl.
1960 — PUT DOWN to snub, humiliate or belittle → sl.
1965 — EAT TURKEY to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating → US sl.
1969 — WHIP A PERSON’S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person
1970 — CHUMP DOWN → CHUMP OUT to humiliate → African-American sl.
1970 — EAT DONG to suffer humiliation → US sl.
1970 — FAKE ON SOMEONE to humiliate; to deceive → African-American sl.
1970 — OFF to humiliate → sl.
1970 — TREAT LIKE A DOORMAT to deal with in a humiliating, haughty, or oppressive manner → US sl.
1970 — TREAT LIKE SHIT to deal with in a humiliating, haughty, or oppressive manner → US sl.
1973 — TWIST SLOWLY IN THE WIND to suffer protracted humiliation, obloquy, regret, etc. → US sl.
1974 — GET EGG ON ONE’S FACE to come out of an affair, esp. political or commercial, badly, and hence, to suffer loss, humiliation and embarrassment; to make a fool of oneself through presumption or lack of judgement
1980 — RAKE ON to humiliate; to criticize → US students’ sl.
1980 — SACK to humiliate someone → US students’ sl.
1986 — PISS ALL OVER to show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate → sl.
1987 — PISS ON FROM A GREAT HEIGHT to humiliate; to show great scorn towards → sl.
1990 — BURN DOWN SOMEONE to humiliate someone → sl. (Bk.)
1990 — BURN SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone → sl. (Bk.)
1990 — FAKE OUT to humiliate; to deceive → African-American sl.
1997 — EAT A SHIT SANDWICH to accept humiliation as punishment → UK sl.
1999 — ASS-ASS to humiliate yourself → US sl.
2005 — BUST A PERSON’S ASS to assault a person severely; in a weakened sense, to defeat or humiliate a person
2007 — BEAST to bully, to oppress, to humiliate → UK prison sl. (Bk.)