What does humiliation mean?
Word: Humiliation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Humiliation means the feeling of being made to look foolish or ashamed in front of other people.
Synonyms: shame, embarrassment, disgrace
Antonyms: honour, dignity
How do you spell humiliation?
Syllables: hu - mil - i - a - tion
Tricky part: There is an i after the l. Students often drop that i or double the l.
Watch out for: humilation, humilliation, humiliatoin
Memory tip: Count the i's before the last part: there are three, and the one after the l is the one that goes missing.
Humiliation in a sentence
Example 1: Losing six-nil at home was a humiliation for the team.
Example 2: The bully's plan to cause humiliation failed when everyone ignored him.
Example 3: Lucas laughed off the humiliation of slipping on the stage.
Fun Fact
Humiliate comes from the Latin humilis, meaning low or on the ground, the same root that gives us humble.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word:
humiliation
a) regret
b) anger
c) pride
d) sorrow
Show answer
c) pride. Pride is a feeling of being pleased with yourself, the reverse of humiliation.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Being laughed at for her old shoes filled Chloe with humiliasion, but she held her head high.
a) humiliasion
b) held
c) shoes
d) laughed
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a) humiliasion. Humiliation ends in tion, the same ending as in nation.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
unioilthami
a) illumination
b) humiliate
c) humiliating
d) humiliation
Show answer
d) humiliation. There is an o and no g, so the eleven letters make humiliation, not humiliating.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) admiration
b) explaination
c) humiliation
d) imagination
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b) explaination. Explanation drops the i of explain; admiration, imagination and humiliation are spelt correctly.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which event could leave a child feeling humiliation?
a) finishing a long book at last
b) helping a friend with maths
c) being scolded loudly before the class
d) getting a prize at assembly
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c) being scolded loudly before the class
2. Who is trying to humiliate someone?
a) a coach explaining a mistake privately
b) a bully mocking a stammer in public
c) a teacher praising a neat notebook
d) a friend sharing her lunch box
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b) a bully mocking a stammer in public
