Last Updated:2025/12/05

To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down, size.

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(傲慢な人の)自惚れを打ち砕く、謙虚にさせる / 誇り高い態度を改め、地に足をつけさせる / 調子に乗った人に現実を思い知らせる
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そのスキャンダルは社長を思い知らせ、彼の膨れ上がった評判を損なった。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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