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humbling

adjective as in humiliating

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"It's exciting to see the first in situ footage of a juvenile colossal and humbling to think that they have no idea that humans exist," she said.

From BBC

"It is also rather humbling to have something like that in the collection."

From BBC

When asked to share a stand-out moment he experienced when he first got drafted into the NFL, Barkley recalled what he described as the “most humbling moment of my life.”

From Salon

“I can’t believe how kind the whole world has been. I get hundreds of fan letters every week. It’s very humbling,” he said, adding that he was “so great” and “feeling stronger every day.”

This led to a humbling moment, when at 35 she was dressed in full Snow cosplay and heard an astounded little girl declare that she couldn’t possibly be the heroine because she was “so old.”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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