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eat humble pie

eat hum·ble pie
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [eet huhm-buh l, uhm- pahy]
    • /it ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm- paɪ/
    • /iːt ˈhʌm.bl̩ paɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [eet huhm-buh l, uhm- pahy]
    • /it ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm- paɪ/

Definitions of eat humble pie words

  • noun eat humble pie humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation. 1
  • noun eat humble pie Obsolete. a pie made of the viscera and other inferior parts of deer or the like. 1
  • idioms eat humble pie eat humble pie, to be forced to apologize humbly; suffer humiliation: He had to eat humble pie and publicly admit his error. 1
  • verbal expression eat humble pie be forced to admit error 1
  • noun eat humble pie to behave or be forced to behave humbly; be humiliated 0
  • noun eat humble pie to undergo humiliation, esp. that of admitting one's error and apologizing 0
See all 7 definitions of eat humble pie

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Origin of eat humble pie

First appearance:

before 1640
One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; earlier phrase an umble pie, erroneous for a numble pie; see numbles

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Parts of speech for Eat humble pie

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Eat humble pie

eat humble pie popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for eat humble pie

verb eat humble pie

  • fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
  • beseech — If you beseech someone to do something, you ask them very eagerly and anxiously.
  • kowtow — to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
  • pamper — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
  • flatter — to make flat.
All 72 Synonyms of eat humble pie

Antonyms for eat humble pie

verb eat humble pie

  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • straighten — make straight
  • answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
  • boast — If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
  • refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
All 16 Antonyms of eat humble pie

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