Dictionary

1. (

• take_down ,
• degrade ,
• disgrace ,
• demean ,
• put_down

) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" ;

1. (

• demeaning ,
• humbling ,
• humiliating ,
• mortifying

) causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game" ;