kudhalilisha

How to say it

Meaning

To treat a person or a group in a way that takes away their dignity and makes them feel shamed or worthless, by words or acts.

Good to know

Takes its object directly: kuwadhalilisha wanawake, to degrade women. Lugha ya kudhalilisha is demeaning language; the passive kudhalilishwa is to be humiliated and udhalilishaji is abuse.

Examples

• Si haki kumdhalilisha mtu mbele ya watu.It is not right to humiliate a person in public.
• Tangazo hilo lilionekana kudhalilisha wanawake.That advert was seen as degrading to women.
• Alijisikia amedhalilishwa na maneno ya bosi wake.He felt humiliated by his boss's words.