屈 辱 的(くつじょくてき)

くつじょくてき

adjective-na

humiliating; degrading

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:

屈辱的(くつじょくてき)な敗北(はいぼく): humiliating defeat
屈辱的(くつじょくてき)な扱(あつか)い: humiliating treatment
屈辱的(くつじょくてき)な条件(じょうけん): humiliating conditions
屈辱的(くつじょくてき)な思(おも)い: a humiliating experience (lit. "feelings")

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

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Added 2026.6.3 12:15

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