humbling
Definitions
Verb
- Cause to be unpretentious
- Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "humbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | housekeeping | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | heartening | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | homecoming | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | horrifying | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | hemorrhaging | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | harnessing | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | headlining | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | hardening | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | harmening | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | helbling | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | heralding | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | hitchhiking | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | hobnobbing | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | homemaking | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | houseraising | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | housewarming | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | wholesaling | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "humbling".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stumbling | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | humming | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | hurling | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | fumbling | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | hauling | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | tumbling | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | rumbling | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | crumbling | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | numbing | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | hulking | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | thumbing | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | mumbling | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | grumbling | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | bumbling | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | huling | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | rumblings | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | tumblin | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | humulin | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | hulings | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | hamling | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "humbling" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "humbling".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 17
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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