屈辱的(くつじょくてき)

くつじょくてき
na-adjective
humiliating; degrading
emotion
1. humiliating; degrading; mortifying
Of an experience, defeat, or treatment that destroys one's pride or dignity. Implies a public or socially-visible loss of face, not just private embarrassment.
屈辱的(くつじょくてき)な敗北(はいぼく)を喫(きっ)した。
We suffered a humiliating defeat.
皆(みな)の前(まえ)で叱(しか)られて屈辱的(くつじょくてき)だった。
Being scolded in front of everyone was humiliating.
屈辱的(くつじょくてき)な条件(じょうけん)を受(う)け入(い)れるしかなかった。
I had no choice but to accept humiliating conditions.

Compound of 屈辱(くつじょく) (humiliation) + suffix 的(てき) (-like; -al). Stronger than 恥(は)ずかしい (embarrassing) — implies that one's dignity has been actively trampled, not merely that one feels awkward.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 恥(は)ずかしい: embarrassing — milder; about personal feeling
  • みじめ: miserable; pathetic — about a wretched, pitiful state, not specifically about humiliation
  • 不名誉(ふめいよ)な: dishonorable — focuses on damage to reputation

Related Words

Compare: 恥(は)ずかしい (embarrassing)
Compare: 惨(みじ)め (miserable)
Compare: 不名誉(ふめいよ) (dishonorable)
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Added 2026.6.3 12:15 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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