Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb humble

2 senses of humble

Sense 1
humble -- (cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 2
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase -- (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss")
       => hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite -- (hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego")

Antonyms of adj humbling

1 sense of humbling

Sense 1
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")

INDIRECT (VIA undignified) -> dignified -- (having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance; "her dignified demeanor"; "the director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman")

Similarity of adj humbling

1 sense of humbling

Sense 1
demeaning, humbling, humiliating, mortifying -- (causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game")
       => undignified (vs. dignified) -- (lacking dignity)