Demeaning

[dɪ'minɪŋ]

(adj.) causing awareness of your shortcomings; 'golf is a humbling game' .

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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demean

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I argued that if I had been rude, apologies was due, and those apologies without a question of demeaning, I did make. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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