pretty humiliating

Frequency: 5.54.1 per million words

To a noticeable but not extreme degree (informal).

humiliatingADVERB + humiliating

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pretty

Examples (10)

  • It was pretty humiliating for him to lose in that way.
  • She found the public apology pretty humiliating.
  • Having his mistake pointed out in front of everyone was pretty humiliating.
  • The defeat felt pretty humiliating for the whole team.
  • He made a pretty humiliating mistake during his presentation.
  • It's pretty humiliating to ask for money after bragging about being rich.
  • Getting rejected after such a grand gesture was pretty humiliating.
  • I thought her comment was pretty humiliating, even if she didn't mean it that way.
  • The principal's lecture was pretty humiliating for the misbehaving students.
  • Losing the game by such a large margin was pretty humiliating for the champions.