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Common collocations with humiliation in American Collocation

humiliation noun

US /hjuˌmɪliˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

complete

abject
complete
deep
total
utter

I thought your weight would be publicly announced which would be total humiliation!

more

further
repeated

The scandal heaped further humiliation on the government.

worse than anything before

final
ultimate

The final humiliation came after his death when it was revealed that, despite his claims, he had never won any bravery medals.

public

public

Winning the boat race is ecstasy, losing is public humiliation.

suffer humiliation

endure
face
suffer
undergo

In 1908 they faced the humiliation of a 9–1 defeat.

avoid humiliation

avoid

We avoided total humiliation but we did not make the hoped-for breakthrough.

make someone suffer humiliation

heap on
inflict on

After dropping out of college, he was arrested for a drug offence, heaping further humiliation on his parents.