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humbling

/ˈhʌm.bəl.ɪŋ/

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adjective

/ˈhʌm.bəl.ɪŋ/B2formal
  • ruОписывает опыт, который заставляет человека чувствовать себя скромнее, менее значимым или осознавать свои ограничения.

Describes an experience that makes one feel modest, less important, or aware of one's limitations.

  1. Causing humilityB2formal

    Making someone feel less proud or important, often through an experience that reveals limitations.

    ruУнизительный

    • Meeting the survivors was a humbling experience.
    • The failure of his project was a humbling lesson.
    • She found the award ceremony deeply humbling.

    Synonymschasteninghumiliatingmortifyingsobering

    Antonymsarrogantboastfulconceitedproudself-important

  2. Modest or groundingB2informal

    An experience that reminds someone of their place in the world, often in a positive way.

    ruСмиряющий

    • Volunteering at the shelter was a humbling reminder of how lucky I am.
    • His humbling attitude made him easy to work with.
    • The humbling feedback from the audience helped him improve.

    Synonymschasteninggroundingsobering

Forms
  • more humbling comparative form
  • most humbling superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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verb

humble/ˈhʌm.bəl/B2formal
  • ruГлагол, используемый для обозначения действия, заставляющего кого-то чувствовать себя менее важным или гордым, или для понижения чьего-либо статуса или достоинства.

A verb used to indicate the act of making someone feel less important or proud, or to lower someone's status or dignity.

  1. Lower in status or prideB2formal

    To make someone feel less important or proud; to lower someone's dignity or self-esteem.

    ruУнизить

    • The defeat humbled the champion.
    • His arrogance was humbled by the criticism.
    • The experience humbled her and made her more grateful.

    Synonymsabasechastencrushdeflatedegradedemeanhumiliatemortifysubdue

    Antonymsaggrandizedignifyelevateexalthonorpraise

  2. Show respect or submissionB2formal

    To express or show a modest or deferential attitude.

    ruСмиряться

    • He humbled himself before the king.
    • She humbly asked for forgiveness.
    • They humbled themselves in prayer.

    Synonymsbowdefergrovelkowtowsubmityield

    Antonymsboastbragstrutswagger

Forms
  • humbled past participle
  • humbled past simple
  • humbling present participle
  • humbles third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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