Synonyms of humbled

humbled

verb

past tense of humble

as in humiliated

to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes

Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliated
• discredited
• embarrassed
• shamed
• confused
• disgraced
• degraded
• insulted
• chastened
• abased
• dishonored
• demeaned
• rattled
• debased
• took down
• mortified
• cheapened
• lowered
• smirched
• criticized
• diminished
• fouled
• disconcerted
• flustered
• ridiculed
• abashed
• nonplussed
• discomfited
• sank
• fazed
• confounded
• belittled
• minimized
• disparaged
• slandered
• affronted
• detracted
• discounted
• maligned
• discountenanced
• condemned
• decried
• defamed
• castigated
• depreciated
• libeled
• defiled
• cried down
• wrote off
• denounced
• damned
• censured
• execrated
• put down
• bad-mouthed
• reprehended
• reprobated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• honored
• exalted
• elevated
• recognized
• praised
• cheered
• applauded
• commended
• congratulated
• acknowledged
• cited
• saluted
• celebrated
• complimented
• deified
• decorated
• hailed
• lauded
• boasted
• canonized
• feted
• extolled
• acclaimed
• eulogized
• touted
• highlighted
• aggrandized
• magnified
• dignified
• ennobled
• uplifted
• lifted
• spotlighted
• enthroned
• promoted
• raised
• enshrined
• played up
• advanced
• glorified
• upgraded
• boosted
• idealized
• romanticized
• enskied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of humbled

Following his death, Hasselbeck’s mother urged him to get screened, and he was humbled by his results. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026

No, we are definitely humbled every day in practice. —Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026

We are humbled and thrilled by the response from film festival audiences so far. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026

Pep Guardiola’s squad of City superstars was humbled inside an 8,000-capacity stadium in Bodø, a Norwegian fishing town north of the Arctic Circle whose soccer team is playing in the Champions League for the first time this season. —Steve Douglas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Impressive, but how will that versatility play at mile-high Coors Field, where scores of pitchers have arrived with big-and-bold plans only to end up being humbled? —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026

Proud to serve Cincinnati, thankful for the people and stories that pass through our doors, and humbled by opportunities like this. —Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2026

Part of that is a clearly superior defense that humbled San Francisco 13-3 in the regular season finale. —Greg Cote january 15, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026

New Real Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa got off to the worst possible start as the La Liga giants were humbled 3-2 at second division Albacete in the Copa del Rey last 16. —Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026