Humiliating (Adjective)
Meaning
Causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- Playing soccer against a team of skilled professionals was a humbling experience that made me realize my technique needed work.
- Losing to a young chess player was a humbling reminder that I wasn't as good as I thought.
- Being unable to keep up with the marathon runners was a humbling experience that motivated me to improve my endurance.
- The rejection letters from prestigious colleges were a humbling wake-up call to the competitiveness of the admissions process.
- Competing in a debate against experienced lawyers was a humbling experience that exposed the weaknesses in my argumentation skills.