humiliating
adj.adj. making you feel very ashamed or foolish. It describes a situation where you lose your dignity or respect in front of other people.
adj. causing a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity. Often used predicatively after linking verbs or attributively to describe public failures.
It was humiliating to lose the game by such a large score.
The politician suffered a humiliating defeat after the scandal was leaked to the press just days before the election.
Forcing the scientist to retract his findings in front of his peers was a humiliating experience that effectively ended his career in the department.
Typically follows linking verbs like 'be', 'feel', or 'find', or precedes nouns like 'defeat', 'experience', or 'failure'.
I felt very humiliatingI felt very humiliatedLearners often confuse the '-ing' adjective (the cause) with the '-ed' adjective (the feeling). Use 'humiliating' for the situation and 'humiliated' for the person's emotion.