Definition for Humbling:

• Humiliation; abatement of pride.

Synonyms for Humbling:

• adj.

  •critical (adjective)
  • Exceptive,
  • nit-picking,
  • calumniatory,
  • reproachful,
  • Cavillous.
  •humiliating (adjective)
  • dis-gracing,
  • dis gracing,
  • most disgracing,
  • more disgracing.
  •overcritical (adjective)
  • overcritical,
  • over critical.

• n.

  •
  • humble,
  • undemanding,
  • unpretentious,
  • unassuming,
  • low-profile,
  • self-deprecating,
  • self-effacing,
  • though/if I say it myself,
  • modest.
  •demeaning (noun)
  • demeaning.
  •disgrace (noun)
  • dis-credits,
  • dis-graces,
  • de gradation,
  • dis reputes,
  • in gloriousnesses,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis respects,
  • in gloriousness,
  • dis-favor,
  • humblings,
  • dis favor,
  • dis repute,
  • debasings,
  • dis graces,
  • dis-grace,
  • in-gloriousnesses,
  • de-basing,
  • dis-credit,
  • dis-esteem,
  • dis esteem,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-respect,
  • dis-repute,
  • dis credits,
  • dis honors,
  • de-gradation,
  • in-gloriousness,
  • de basing,
  • de gradations,
  • de-basements,
  • dis credit,
  • ingloriousnesses,
  • dis respect,
  • de basements,
  • de basement,
  • disbarments,
  • de-gradations,
  • dis-honor,
  • de-basement,
  • dis-honors,
  • dis-esteems,
  • dis-reputes,
  • dis-respects,
  • dis esteems,
  • dis grace,
  • dis favors.
  •humbling (noun)
  • undignified.
  •humiliation (noun)
  • loss face,
  • selfabasement,
  • sub missions,
  • in dignities,
  • touche,
  • self abasements,
  • in dignity,
  • selfabasements,
  • self abasement,
  • in-dignity,
  • sub mission,
  • sub-mission,
  • in-dignities,
  • sub-missions,
  • self-abasements,
  • mental pains.
  •ill repute (noun)
  • bad odors.
  •penitence (noun)
  • self-flagellation,
  • ruefulness,
  • self-punishment,
  • Penitency,
  • self-castigation,
  • self-reproach,
  • self-condemnation,
  • remorsefulness.

• v.

  •defeating (verb)
  • quelling,
  • Outdoing,
  • Vanquishing,
  • overpowering,
  • Predominating,
  • crushing,
  • trouncing,
  • trumping,
  • whipping,
  • Overturning,
  • Overcoming,
  • Checkmating,
  • Subjecting,
  • foiling,
  • Routing,
  • Overthrowing,
  • beating,
  • conquering,
  • mastering,
  • Surmounting,
  • Subduing,
  • winning,
  • Triumphing,
  • Capturing,
  • outplaying,
  • Defeating.
  •humbling (verb)
  • Discomfiting,
  • fazing,
  • disconcerting,
  • mortifying,
  • Abashing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • modesty forbids/prevents me from doing something.

Paraphrases for Humbling:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    humiliating.

Antonyms for Humbling:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    dignified.

Humbling Sentence Examples:

• The savage vigor that was normally his had deserted him, his very pride was gone; a sudden mistrust of himself was humbling him; he felt wretchedly out of place; he was even dimly conscious of his own baseness while he was for the moment blinded to the cruelty of her conduct.

• The insignificant figure I make, in my own opinion, in this day of political and martial exertions, is an humbling consideration.