verb
- Cause to be unpretentious.
- usage: "This experience will humble him"
- synonyms: humble
- Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
- usage: "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
adjective
- Causing awareness of your shortcomings.
- usage: "golf is a humbling game"
- synonyms: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying
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