humble pie

noun

Definition of humble pienext
as in upset

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Recent Examples of humble pie 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 The 15-5 Los Angeles Lakers got served a slice of humble pie on Monday night when they were run out of their own gym against their Pacific Division rival, the 13-9 Phoenix Suns. — Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025 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
  • Miami Hurricanes fans might remember him from his nine-catch, 136-yard and two-touchdown performance in the Cardinals’ 24-21 upset of UM.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
  • Not to keep banging on about Cape Verde, but not many expected the tiny island nation to play so well, so most of its results look like upsets on paper.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 July 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
  • Privacy Concerns Are Reshaping User Behavior Internet tools have enabled businesses to collect detailed data on their customers for several years, much to users’ chagrin.
    — David Henkin, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Fetterman has emerged as one of the biggest Democratic voices most friendly to Trump, frequently breaking ranks to side with him and offer praise on issues such as Israel and the war with Iran, much to his party’s chagrin.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 19 July 2026
Definition of chagrin
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  • Research supports this, showing that accepting difficult feelings leads to faster recovery and less long-term distress compared to suppression, which can worsen anxiety and depression.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The environment of a busy pool may trigger sensory overload and distress, causing children to cry or want to leave.
    — Tana Carson, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Definition of distress
Noun
  • The Leeds quartet built a reputation on sardonic observations about modern life, packaging political unease inside wiry post-punk.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
  • This, combined with the sheer horror of many of the crimes committed against the Bowdens, generates a tension in the viewer that makes the unease a young Antosca felt watching the 1962 film feel tame by comparison.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of unease
Noun
  • Psychologists call the discomfort of this stage the need for cognitive closure, our desire to land on a definite answer just so the uncertainty will end.
    — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Ohtani, who has missed his last two starts and received an Orthovisc injection to manage lingering discomfort in his left knee, has continued to throw on flat ground.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of discomfort
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  • Incredibly, neither finalist was able to beat the Blue Sharks in 90 minutes of soccer – the nation also held Spain to a 0-0 draw in its opening group-stage fixture, much to the dismay of the above Spanish editor.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Even Athena, if that genuinely is whom Zendaya is playing, isn’t that helpful, mostly staring at Odysseus in mute dismay.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of dismay
Noun
  • But the general agitation about politics and current events that Henrichsen had shown in Sudden Valley were still apparent.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • Otero Alcántara co-founded the San Isidro Movement in 2018 with a group of artists, journalists, and academics who participated in pro-democracy agitations against the Cuban government.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 21 July 2026
Definition of agitation

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