humble in English dictionary

  • humble

    Meanings and definitions of "humble"

    • To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
    • To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.
    • 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; lowly; weak; modest.
    • adjective
      not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming
    • adjective
      Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
    • adjective
      hornless.
    • verb
      To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
    • verb
      To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.
    • thinking lowly of one's self
    • to bring low etc.
    • near the ground
    • lowly (position)
    • adjective
      low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
    • adjective
      marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
    • adjective
      of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
    • adjective
      used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
    • verb
      cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
    • verb
      cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

    Synonyms of "humble" in English dictionary

    injure, abase, modify are the top synonyms of "humble" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "humble" in English dictionary

    proud is the antonym of "humble" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of humble

    • humble ( comparative humbler, superlative humblest)
    • humble ( third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
    • humble (comparative humbler, superlative humblest)
    • humble (not comparable)
    • humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
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