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Humiliating vs Disgraceful - What's the difference?

humiliating | disgraceful |

As adjectives the difference between humiliating and disgraceful

is that humiliating is liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone while disgraceful is bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

As a verb humiliating

is .

humiliating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • disgraceful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * disgracefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation.