humble
adjective
1. low or inferior in station or quality
- a humble cottage
Similar word(s): inferior, low, lowly, small
2. 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
Similar word(s): modest, broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low, meek, mild
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Similar word(s): unskilled, lowly, menial
4. of humble beginnings.
- of humble (or lowly) birth
Similar word(s): lowborn, baseborn, lowly
Sentences with humble as an adjective:
- Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.
- humble cattle
verb
1. cause to be unpretentious
- This experience will humble him
Definition categories: emotion, alter, change, modify
2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Similar word(s): abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify
Definition categories: emotion, bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
Sentences with humble as a verb:
- Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak.The genius which humbled six marshals of France. -Macaulay.
- Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. Ch 5: v. 6.