Synonyms for humbling
hum·bling

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1. demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifyingadjective

   causing awareness of your shortcomings

   "golf is a humbling game"

   Synonyms:
   mortifying, embarrassing, demeaning, humiliating

   Antonyms:
   dignified

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1. List of paraphrases for "humbling":

   humble, humiliating

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1. Henrik Stenson:

   I'm just delighted I managed to win it in the end, when you hear the words that Jack (Nicklaus) and Tom (Watson) and a lot of the best players that have ever played the game are giving us credit for how we played, that's obviously very pleasing and very humbling.

2. De La Cruz:

   I think, ‘wow, it’s happening. This is real and we’re about to enter a new phase of life, it’s really a humbling thought for me. I just feel like I represent the American dream.

3. Nikki Haley:

   No matter the challenges, the people of Israel always celebrate life and thank God for their blessings, it's humbling to join them again in prayer at such a holy place.

4. Rick Santorum:

   It is, in many respects, a humbling experience... If I didn't love it I wouldn't do it, we're sort of the patron saint of underdog candidates for president. We were the most unlikely of candidates to win and were not in the race until the very end.

5. Blake Shelton:

   Shelton said. And now you're overshadowing her? DeGeneres asked Shelton. BLAKE SHELTON NAMED 2017’S ‘SEXIEST MAN ALIVE’ I guess. You know what? It's going to be humbling.