different between demoralize vs humiliate

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) demoralise

Etymology

From French démoraliser

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??m???la?z/

Verb

demoralize (third-person singular simple present demoralizes, present participle demoralizing, simple past and past participle demoralized)

1. (transitive, American spelling) To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hju??m?li?e?t/

Verb

humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)

1. (transitive) To injure the dignity and self-respect of.
2. (transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.

Synonyms

• debase
• demean
• disgrace
• humble
• mortify
• shame
• See also Thesaurus:abash

Antonyms

• dignify
• honor

Related terms

• humble
• humiliation
• humility

Translations

Further reading

• humiliate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• humiliate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hu.mi.li?a?.te/, [h?m?li?ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /u.mi.li?a.te/, [umili???t??]

Verb

humili?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of humili?