Term Gallery logo

Meanings of humbling in English

Causing awareness of your shortcomings.

        Related terms
        Synonyms
        Examples for "humiliating"
        Examples for "humiliating"
        1
        For under Ireland's English rule, the Law family lived under humiliating disadvantages.
        The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
        2
        LONDON Another day, another humiliating defeat for Theresa May's government on Brexit.
        Reuters
        3
        The President had repeatedly unleashed humiliating criticism of Mr Sessions in public.
        News.com.au
        4
        Hard, difficult, humiliating work is commonplace and writing is not those things.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Arevin resolved to bear this humiliating error with pride and good humor.
        Dreamsnake
        1
        In any case, not friending people won't protect you from mortifying revelations.
        Wired
        2
        Just when I thought this couldn't be any more mortifying, I thought.
        She, myself & i
        3
        And then came the events of November and Andrew's obtuse, mortifying interview.
        News.com.au
        4
        The real cause of her refusal is more serious and more mortifying.
        A Woodland Queen ('Reine des Bois') — Volume 3
        5
        Lord, when are You going to deliver me from this mortifying dream?
        Unfinished desires: a novel
        1
        Both are forms of falsehood, ways of reducing and demeaning our humanity.
        Beauty
        2
        The demeaning attack was unprovoked from someone he had considered a friend.
        The Yankee Years
        3
        It is demeaning to Pompey even to allow us to picture them.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        4
        I find it really demeaning when I know how intelligent he is.
        The Guardian
        5
        I was glad Antony did not go there; it would be demeaning.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        Usage of humbling in English
        1
        The English take great pleasure in humbling the great and the noble.
        Jonathan strange and mr norrell
        2
        Mr Nash said the amount of money he raised was very humbling.
        Radio NZ
        3
        It's quite humbling and I have a lot of people to thank.
        The South African
        4
        The support you have provided over the years has been truly humbling.
        The Guardian
        5
        Its benevolence was beyond question, a benevolence almost humbling in its honesty.
        The evolutionary void
        6
        It's very humbling. Commemorations for the anniversary continue on Monday in Mutitjulu.
        The Guardian
        7
        The project is a simple expression of a vast and humbling thought.
        Wired
        8
        That you choose to bear with me is humbling, so thank you.
        The Irish Times
        9
        SA: It's so humbling and an incredible honor, particularly from your peers.
        Ebony
        10
        Winning Caterer of the Year & The Enterprise awards is truly humbling.
        Jamaica Observer
        11
        It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience.
        BBC
        12
        It was wildly humbling & a great honor to meet Prof Wiles.
        The Guardian
        13
        She has not learned from her humbling at the polls last week.
        The Guardian
        14
        But she was not one to tolerate painful and humbling ideas long.
        The Billow and the Rock
        15
        So it was a bit humbling to know that I'd made it.
        News.com.au
        16
        But it is humbling to be mentioned with the things I'm doing.
        Reuters
        About this term
        More collocations
        Humbling through the time
        Humbling across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Common