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humble

• (s) low or inferior in station or quality
  • a humble cottage
  • a lowly parish priest
  • a modest man of the people
  • small beginnings
  lowly, modest, small, low,
• (a) 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
• (s) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) menial, lowly,
• (s) of low birth or station ("base" is archaic in this sense)
  • baseborn wretches with dirty faces
  • of humble (or lowly) birth
  baseborn, base, lowly,

Verbs

• (v) cause to be unpretentious
  • This experience will humble him
• (v) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
  abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify,

Synonyms

lowly modest small low abase chagrin humiliate mortify menial baseborn base

Antonyms

proud

See also

modest

Words of close approximity