humbled
Brought down low
Humbled describes someone whose pride or self-importance has been reduced, often through defeat, failure, or encountering something greater than themselves.
Athletes say they're humbled by awards or fan support—though this fashionable use inverts the original meaning, expressing gratitude rather than diminishment.
Genuinely humbled implies being brought low: He was humbled by the crushing loss.
Self-consciously uncomfortable
- chagrinedDistressed by disappointment
- abashedEmbarrassed and disconcerted
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
mortified · sheepish · red-faced · crestfallen · chastened · disgraced · exposed · foolish
Feeling gratitude expressed
- appreciativeFeeling or showing gratitude
- gratefulFeeling thankful
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- touchedAffected emotionally or physically
moved · honored · privileged · indebted · overwhelmed · awed · speechless · tearful
Filled with reverent wonder
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- smallLimited in size
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
- reverentFeeling profound respect
wonderstruck · speechless · dwarfed · diminished · perspective · vastness · grandeur · sublime
Defeated completely
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- trouncedDefeated decisively
- routedOverwhelmingly defeated
subdued · crushed · outplayed · bested · outmatched · overpowered · brought low · toppled
Brought to consciousness
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
- surrenderedCeased resistance formally
- reverentFeeling profound respect
- prayerfulGiven to worship
penitent · contrite · devout · prostrate · bowed · kneeling · repentant · converted
Lacking false superiority
- unassumingNot making claims
- meekHumbly unassertive
- down-to-earthPractical and without pretension
- self-effacingDownplaying one's own importance
modest · lowly · understated · simple · plain · quiet · restrained · grounded
embarrassed
Self-consciously uncomfortable
- chagrinedDistressed by disappointment
- abashedEmbarrassed and disconcerted
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
humiliated · mortified · sheepish · red-faced · crestfallen · chastened · disgraced · exposed · foolish · corrected
thankful
Feeling gratitude expressed
- appreciativeFeeling or showing gratitude
- gratefulFeeling thankful
- blessedReceiving divine favor
touched · moved · honored · privileged · indebted · overwhelmed · awed · speechless · tearful · overjoyed
awed
Filled with reverent wonder
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- smallLimited in size
- insignificantLacking importance or consequence
reverent · wonderstruck · speechless · dwarfed · diminished · perspective · vastness · grandeur · sublime · majestic
vanquished
Defeated completely
routed · subdued · crushed · outplayed · bested · outmatched · overpowered · brought low · toppled · dethroned
awakened
Brought to consciousness
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
- surrenderedCeased resistance formally
- reverentFeeling profound respect
prayerful · penitent · contrite · devout · prostrate · bowed · kneeling · repentant · converted · transformed
unpretentious
Lacking false superiority
- unassumingNot making claims
- meekHumbly unassertive
- down-to-earthPractical and without pretension
self-effacing · modest · lowly · understated · simple · plain · quiet · restrained · grounded · levelheaded
- humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
- humilitymeekness, modesty, modest, lowliness, meek
- Awestruck feelingsamazed, astonished, awestruck, dumbstruck, gobsmacked
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- took downrecorded, noted, wrote, logged, jotted
humbledexalted
Elevated in rank
elevated · glorified · celebrated · honored · dignified
humbledemboldened
Made more courageous
empowered · validated · self-aggrandizing · gloating · preening
- humble pieFigurative food of apology
- eat humble pieAdmit error humbly
- humble beginningsUnprivileged early circumstances
- in my humble opinionQualifier before a viewpoint
- humble bragBoast dressed as complaint
- eating humble pie
humble, humbly, humbling, humbles, humbleness, humblest, unhumbled