humiliated
屈辱的な
解説 Definition
ヒュミリエイテッドとは、恥をかかされたり、公衆の面前で侮辱されて屈辱を感じている状態を表す形容詞です。自尊心が深く傷つけられたときの強い恥ずかしさや惨めさを指します。他者から見下されたり嘲笑されたりした経験に伴う感情です。
Humiliated describes feeling deeply ashamed, degraded, or stripped of dignity, often because another person has exposed, mocked, or belittled someone publicly. It is stronger than merely embarrassed and emphasizes injury to a person’s pride or self-respect.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 humiliate に -ed を付けた過去分詞で、語末が /t/ のため -ed は /ɪd/ と一音節増え、/hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪd/ と発音します。feel humiliated は自分が屈辱を感じること、be humiliated by someone は他者に恥をかかされること。embarrassed より自尊心を深く傷つけられた強い感情です。
Begin with the verb humiliate, “to make someone feel ashamed or lowered,” and add -ed for the past participle used as an adjective. Since humiliate ends in /t/, the ending adds the syllable /ɪd/: /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪd/. Learn two frequent patterns: feel humiliated after a public failure and be humiliated by someone’s insulting behavior. The historical image of being brought low helps distinguish it from embarrassed. Embarrassment may come from a small social mistake, but feeling humiliated usually means that one’s dignity or self-respect has been seriously wounded.
例文
He felt humiliated after tripping and falling in front of everyone.
彼は皆の前でつまずいて転んでしまい、屈辱を感じた。
The student was humiliated when the teacher read her failing grade aloud.
先生が落第点を声に出して読んだとき、その生徒は恥をかかされた。
She refused to be humiliated by his condescending remarks.
彼女は彼の見下した発言で屈辱を受けることを拒んだ。
humiliated の類義語・関連語
humiliated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
humiliated はラテン語 humiliare「低くする」の過去分詞に由来し、さらに humilis「低い」へ、根には humus「土・地面」があります。人を“地面近くまで引き下げる”感覚から「屈辱を与えられた」となり、humble や humility も同系です。
Humiliated is the past-participial form of humiliate. Humiliate comes through Latin humiliāre, “to make low or humble,” from humilis, “low.” Humilis is related to humus, “ground” or “earth,” so the historical image is that of lowering someone toward the ground. Humble and humility belong to the same family, although their modern meanings do not necessarily imply the painful public shame expressed by humiliated.
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