humble
not proud or arrogant; modest: Though very successful, she remained humble.
having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc.: In the presence of so many world-famous writers I felt very humble.
low in rank, importance, status, quality, etc.; lowly: of humble origin;a humble home.
courteously respectful: In my humble opinion you are wrong.
low in height, level, etc.; small in size: a humble member of the galaxy.
to lower in condition, importance, or dignity; abase.
to destroy the independence, power, or will of.
to make meek: to humble one's heart.
Origin of humble
1synonym study For humble
Other words for humble
1 | unpretending, unpretentious |
2 | deferential, meek |
3 | unassuming, plain, common, poor |
4 | polite |
6 | mortify, shame, abash |
7 | subdue, crush, break |
Opposites for humble
Other words from humble
- hum·ble·ness, noun
- hum·bler, noun
- hum·bly, adverb
- o·ver·hum·ble, adjective
- qua·si-hum·ble, adjective
- un·hum·ble, adjective
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How to use humble in a sentence
Nothing humbles an autocrat quite like the need to grub for votes.
Memo: The Aaron Sorkin Model of Political Discourse Doesn't Actually Work | Megan McArdle | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCenturies later, the term "self-depreciating" was coined to describe speech that belittles or humbles oneself.
Priam the King humbles himself by risking everything, coming in by himself under cover of night.
In another room upstairs are the six pens used by Hugo in writing Les Humbles.
A Wanderer in Paris | E. V. LucasThis is the reason why moral judgment, on the contrary, makes us experience a feeling of constraint that humbles us.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich Schiller
Thank you again for writing to me: it humbles me, as it ought to do, to receive such a letter from you.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. YongeThey pretend that God will save the unjust man if he repents and humbles himself.
The one is ever recuperative, elevating while it humbles, softening while it invigorates.
British Dictionary definitions for humble
/ (ˈhʌmbəl) /
conscious of one's failings
unpretentious; lowly: a humble cottage; my humble opinion
deferential or servile
to cause to become humble; humiliate
to lower in status
Origin of humble
1Derived forms of humble
- humbled, adjective
- humbleness, noun
- humbler, noun
- humbling, adjective
- humblingly, adverb
- humbly, adverb
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Other Idioms and Phrases with humble
see eat crow (humble pie).
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