The Insulted and Humiliated

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

insult Verb

— If you insult someone, you say or do something rude to them. He insulted me by calling my country a dirty little city.

insult Noun

— An insult is a rude word or action. The protesters yelled insults at the police.

and Conjunction

— You use and to talk about two things at once. I like singing and reading. Mary and Jane went on a holiday together. — You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list. I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer. I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring. — And is used when you are putting two sentences together. She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left. — Used to show what happened after something else. The alarm went off and I woke up. — And is used to join certain numbers together. Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.

humiliated

— adjective (= embarrassed, mortified) made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street humiliated that his wife had to go out to work felt mortified by the comparison with her sister — adjective (= broken, low) subdued or brought low in condition or status brought low a broken man his broken spirit