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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gulyok
"그는 큰 굴욕을 느꼈다."
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The state of being humiliated or the action of humiliating someone.
"She suffered the humiliation of being publicly reprimanded."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin humiliatio(n-), from the verb humiliare (from Latin humilis 'humble').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "humiliation" is said worldwide
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humiliation
Transliteration: humiliation
"Il a éprouvé une grande humiliation."
Demütigung
Transliteration: Demuetikung
"Die Niederlage war eine herbe Demütigung."
umiliazione
Transliteration: umiliazione
"Ha dovuto subire questa umiliazione."
humillación
Transliteration: humillacion
"El equipo sufrió una gran humillación."
humilhação
Transliteration: humilhacao
"Foi uma experiência cheia de humilhação."
अपमान
Transliteration: apmaan
"यह उनके लिए बहुत बड़ा अपमान था।"
羞辱
Transliteration: xiūrù
"他承受了巨大的羞辱。"
굴욕
Transliteration: gulyok
"그는 큰 굴욕을 느꼈다."
屈辱
Transliteration: kutsujoku
"彼は大きな屈辱を味わった。"
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