eat+humble+pie
101Wigan — For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. For other uses, see Wigan (disambiguation). Coordinates: 53°32′41″N 2°37′54″W / …
102grovel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fawn, creep, cringe; wallow, humble (oneself). See servility, lowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crawl, cringe, fawn, fawn upon, beg, sneak, stoop, kneel, crouch before, truckle, kowtow, implore, toady …
103modesty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Timidity Nouns modesty; humility; diffidence, timidity, bashfulness; shyness, unobtrusiveness; shame; reserve, constraint; demureness. Verbs 1. be modest, retire, give way to, retire into one s shell,… …
104take down a peg or two — wouldn t I just love to take that Mr. Bigshot down a peg or two Syn: humble, humiliate, mortify, bring down, shame, embarrass, abash, put someone in their place, chasten, subdue, squash, deflate, make someone eat humble pie; informal show up,… …
105recant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. withdraw, take back, renounce, retract, disavow, repudiate. See penitence, nullification II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. retract, revoke, renounce, disavow, disclaim, abjure, deny, take back, cancel, back… …
106swallow — Synonyms and related words: abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, antelope, arrow, assent, assimilate, back down, back out, backwater, be a sucker, be agreeable, be… …
107climb down — Synonyms and related words: abjure, alight, back down, back out, backwater, crawfish out, deny, disavow, disclaim, dismount, disown, eat crow, eat dirt, eat humble pie, forswear, get down, get off, land, lick the dust, light, perch, recant,… …
108withdraw — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abate, abdicate, abjure, abolish, abrade, abrogate, abrupt, abscond, abstract, agree to differ, agree to disagree, alienate, annul, avulse, back down, back out, backwater, bate, be at variance, be in dissent,… …
109atonement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making amends Nouns 1. (act of atoning) atonement, reparation; compensation, quittance, quits; expiation, redemption, reclamation, propitiation. See penitence, asceticism. 2. (sign of atonement) amends,… …
110surrender — v 1. yield, deliver up, turn over, hand in, part with; render, remit; release, let go of, quit one s hold on, yield control of; relinquish, renounce, forsake, forgo, Law. disclaim; abdicate, resign, Chiefly Scot. demit; transfer, give over, cede …
