Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Humiliate \Hu*mil"i*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humiliated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Humiliating}.] [L. humiliatus, p. p. of
   humiliare. See {Humble}.]
   To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the
   eyes of others; to humble; to mortify.

         We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. --M.
                                                  Arnold.

Source : WordNet®

humiliating
     adj : causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling
           game" [syn: {demeaning}, {humbling}, {mortifying}]