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  • present participle of humble.
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humbling

[huhm-bling, uhm-] / ˈhʌm blɪŋ, ˈʌm- /


ADJECTIVE
humiliating
Synonyms










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In a humbling parallel, the team was recently relegated from Germany’s top soccer league.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

That is a humbling admission from a company long accustomed to running the table on its suppliers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

That humbling defeat - which showed the gulf between the two teams when Spain are at their best - was their downfall.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

“As a mother, it’s been humbling to watch the kind of young man he has become through adversity,” Janet said in a letter she wrote honoring her son.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2026

It was so humbling to have the city of Maplewood honor me that way.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad




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