Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of:
— He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.

synonyms: abase, chagrin, humble, mortify.

Roget 879: be humble etc. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit etc. 725; submit with a good grace etc. (brook) 826; yield the palm.    lower one's tone, lower one's note; sing small, draw in one's horns, sober down; hide one's face, hide one's diminished head; not dare to show one's face, take shame to oneself, not have a word to say for oneself; feel shame, be conscious of shame, feel disgrace, be conscious of disgrace; drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs.    blush for, blush up to the eves; redden, change color; color up; hang one's head, look foolish, feel small.    render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade etc. 874; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame^†, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.    get a setdown^†.    ... show more

Dutch: strijken, deemoedigen, neerhalen, humiliëren, kleineren, omlaaghalen, vernederen