humble pie

noun

Definition of humble pienext
as in upset

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Recent Examples of humble pie But Smart wasn’t done giving the Beatles a slice of humble pie. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026 Mind you, your author is required to eat a little humble pie this morning, too. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2026 The origins of this humble pie date back to the Depression, when Southern cooks showed their resourcefulness by making a lot out of a little. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026 The humble pie is just a little more humble these days. — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for humble pie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humble pie
  1. upset
  2. perturbation
  3. chagrin
  4. distress
  5. unease
  6. discomfort
  7. dismay
  8. agitation
Noun
  • Barring no upsets over the next two weeks (which is far from a given), the winner of that game very well could decide who goes to Charlotte.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Garrett Rogan sacked Derek Morgan on third-and-goal from the 2-yard line and the clock ran out to give Villanova a second straight upset of Lehigh, winning 24-18 on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of upset
Noun
  • With two satellites at supplementary inclinations, the Newtonian perturbations are equal and opposite in the two orbital planes and cancel each other out.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • First is that quantum transitions must be weak to bring about perturbations in experiments.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of perturbation
Noun
  • The singer-songwriter lowkey complained to Men’s Health in 2014 that those brief anecdotes from his dating history have come to define him — and by extension his band — among some in the media and general public, much to his chagrin.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The scout, herself an alum of the contest, sees Ericka as the best way for Ghana to get attention, and the tables begin to turn on Paulina to the chagrin of the caring if pragmatic headmistress, Francis (Heather Alicia Simms).
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of chagrin
Noun
  • The rise of self-harm influencers—people for whom demonstrating their distress online has become a source of income and validation—is a terrifying new development.
    — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026
  • CoreWeave, the leader of the pack, has seen spreads on its CDS widen past 11%, generally viewed as a distress level, as investors have to pay up for protection against default.
    — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of distress
Noun
  • The band frequently steers the poppy songwriting offroad by leaning into distortion and ambience, creating moments of both near-mania and hazy unease.
    — Sue Park, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mild unease gave way to statements about being worthless, unloved, and a failure.
    — Shae Lake, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of unease
Noun
  • When Buchanan requested a return to patrol in 2012, his discomfort increased.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Rau took her back into an examining room to try to pinpoint the source of her stomach discomfort.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of discomfort
Noun
  • When news got around that a new movie version of Sense and Sensibility was in the works, cries of dismay rang forth from Bath to Brooklyn.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To his dismay, many of the exultant people in cowboy hats, burnt orange T-shirts and other spirit gear appeared to be of South Asian heritage.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismay
Noun
  • As Hedda Gabler warned, bored women are time bombs whose agitation puts everyone at risk.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Each time the answer is a concoction of equal parts indignation, defense, agitation, and defiance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of agitation

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