Demeaning (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Learning that she would need surgery on both her hips and her knee was a demure reflection on how life-altering sedentary job conditions and repeated muscle stress injury caused major change needs of certain very 'best medical routine fixes can readily remedy anything- anytime often will overly comfort both high morale thought being strongly affected resulting common circumstances truly harsh still largely dismissed were well after hard proof came face to face with what kept hidden.
- Golf is a demure and humbling game, forcing competitors' to reflect on self-performance, identifying areas of professional improvement while also teaching extreme patience, discipline and respect for ones opponents in even win or lost outcomes.
- The coach told his star basketball player that being late for practice was demure sign his competitive days were numbered, giving him direct authority right then immediate notice.
- The doctor's demeaning comments left Sarah feeling ashamed of her weight, which made her all the more determined to join the gym and start a diet.
- If he couldn't handle criticism from his team from one more loss, he might reevaluate his whole approach because winning is everything especially knowing and learning each and every loss contains a demure constant reminder he isn't winning.