Synonyms for humbling
verb shame, put down- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- crush
- deflate
- disgrace
- embarrass
- humiliate
- mortify
- overcome
- subdue
- upset
- abase
- abash
- break
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- deny
- discomfit
- discredit
- hide
- lower
- reduce
- silence
- sink
- snub
- squash
- squelch
- bemean
- bring down
- cast down
- cut to the quick
- make eat dirt
- make one feel small
- pop one's balloon
- pull down
- put away
- put one away
- put to shame
- strike dumb
- take down
- take down a peg
Antonyms for humbling
- boost
- build up
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- compliment
- delight
- encourage
- enlighten
- explain
- help
- honor
- lose
- make happy
- order
- please
- praise
- release
- surrender
- yield
- agree
- allow
- elevate
- enhance
- grow
- improve
- increase
- laud
- open
- promote
- raise
- rise
- strengthen
- upgrade
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disgrace
noun. state of shame; bad reputation
- abasement
- abuse
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- debasing
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put-down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
humiliating
adjective. mortifying
- demeaning
- disgracing
- embarrassing
- humbling
- opprobrious
humiliation
noun. embarrassment
ill repute
noun. disgrace
- abasement
- abuse
- bad name
- bad odor
- baseness
- black eye
- blemish
- blur
- brand
- comedown
- contempt
- contumely
- corruption
- culpability
- debasement
- debasing
- defamation
- degradation
- derision
- disbarment
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- dishonor
- disrepute
- disrespect
- humbling
- humiliation
- ignominy
- infamy
- ingloriousness
- meanness
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pollution
- prostitution
- put-down
- reproach
- scandal
- scorn
- shame
- slander
- slight
- slur
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- taint
- tarnish
- turpitude
- venality
more critical
adjective. fault-finding, detracting
- analytical
- belittling
- biting
- calumniatory
- captious
- carping
- caviling
- cavillous
- censorious
- censuring
- choleric
- condemning
- critic
- cutting
- cynical
- demanding
- demeaning
- derogatory
- diagnostic
- disapproving
- discerning
- discriminating
- disparaging
- exacting
- exceptive
- finicky
- fussy
- hairsplitting
- humbling
- hypercritical
- lowering
- nagging
- niggling
- nit-picking
- overcritical
- particular
- penetrating
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- satirical
- scolding
- severe
- sharp
- trenchant
- withering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.