feel small
verb
Roget 879:
be humble
etc.
adj.;
deign,
vouchsafe,
condescend;
humble oneself,
demean oneself;
stoop,
stoop to conquer;
carry coals;
submit
etc.
725;
submit with a good grace
etc.
(brook)
826;
yield the palm.
lower one's tone,
lower one's note;
sing small,
draw in one's horns,
sober down;
hide one's face,
hide one's diminished head;
not dare to show one's face,
take shame to oneself,
not have a word to say for oneself;
feel shame,
be conscious of shame,
feel disgrace,
be conscious of disgrace;
drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs.
blush for,
blush up to the eves;
redden,
change color;
color up;
hang one's head,
look foolish,
feel small.
render humble;
humble,
humiliate;
let down,
set down,
take down,
tread down,
frown down;
snub,
abash,
abase,
make one sing small,
strike dumb;
teach one his distance;
put down,
take down a peg,
take down a peg lower;
throw into the shade,
cast into the shade
etc.
874;
stare out of countenance,
put out of countenance;
put to the blush;
confuse,
ashame†,
mortify,
disgrace,
crush;
send away with a flea in one's ear.
get a setdown†.
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