humble

Speech parts

1. humble - Noun

2. humble - Adjective

3. humble - Verb

5. humble - Adjective Satellite

6. Humble - Proper noun

Meaning

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

Hornless. See Hummel.

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

humiliate mortify lower modest degrade disgrace lowly abase meek small low base simple reserved respectful
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Antonyms

proud arrogant presumptuous imperial ham cavalier
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Hypernyms

change spite wound alter modify injure

Hyponyms

crush degrade smash disgrace demean efface

Phrases with the word

eat humble pie in my humble opinion be humble humble person humble yourself humble boy

Derivatives

humbled humbling

Examples

He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss Source: Internet

baseborn wretches with dirty faces Source: Internet

of humble (or lowly) birth Source: Internet

This experience will humble him Source: Internet

a humble apology Source: Internet

essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

humberstonite Humbert humbird humble box humble boy humble breakfast