Humiliated is how you feel, or how you are left, after someone or some event has made you look ashamed or stupid, especially in front of other people. She felt humiliated talks about the feeling inside. He was humiliated in front of the class talks about what was done to him. The word often sits after feel, be, or look. It can come before a noun, though that is less common. Same strong meaning as humiliate: not a small blush, but a deep I was made to look small.