humiliate
v.v. to make someone feel very ashamed or foolish, especially in front of other people. You do this when you hurt someone's pride or dignity.
v. to cause a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity. Transitive — requires a direct object, typically a person or a group.
The team's heavy loss will humiliate the players.
The coach did not want to humiliate the rookie by shouting at him in front of the fans.
The underdog team managed to humiliate the reigning champions with a decisive victory that exposed the older players' lack of preparation.
Borrowed from Late Latin humiliātus, perfect passive participle of humiliō (“to abase, humble”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. It is often used in the passive voice ('to be humiliated').