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humble
('h/@/mb/@/l )

adjective (a)

  • marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful(adj.all)
    Example:
    A humble apology.
    Essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions.
    Antonym:
    proud
    source: wordnet30
  • Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Hornless. See Hummel.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • low or inferior in station or quality(adj.all)
    Example:
    A humble cottage.
    Synonym:
    low, lowly, modest, small
    source: wordnet30
  • used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    lowly, menial
    source: wordnet30
  • of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)(adj.all)
    Example:
    Of humble (or lowly) birth.
    Synonym:
    base, baseborn, lowly
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • cause to be unpretentious(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    This experience will humble him.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify
    source: wordnet30
  • To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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