It was a humbling experience.
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Humbling
Synonyms for "humbling" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (19)
Noun(9 words)
humility-inducinghumility-producinglowermodest-inducingmodestymodesty-inducingmortificationself effacementsobering experience
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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11 entriesaction verbadjectiveconditionemotive descriptoreventexperiencelexical verbphenomenonstatetransitive verbverb of change
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11 entriesabase othersdegrade prestigeepistemic humblinghumbling experiencehumbling lessonhumbling momenthumbling reminderlower statusmodesty developmentmoral humblingself effacement
Collocations
6 entrieshumbling effecthumbling experiencehumbling lessonhumbling momenthumbling reminderhumbling result
Inflections
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1 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
It's a very humbling experience.
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It's all been very humbling.
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This is really humbling.
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