adj.
Function: verb
to make lower in status, prestige, or esteem FF1C; his devotion to duty humbled his critics FF1E;
Synonyms: abase, bemean, cast down, debase, degrade, demean, humiliate, lower, sink
Related Words: chagrin, mortify; abash, discomfit, embarrass
Idioms: bring low, take down a peg or two
Contrasted Words: aggrandize, exalt, magnify