base, baseborn, humble, lowly
(adjective) of low birth or station (ābaseā is archaic in this sense); ābaseborn wretches with dirty facesā; āof humble (or lowly) birthā
humble
(adjective) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; āa humble apologyā; āessentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctionsā- B.K.Malinowski
humble, menial, lowly
(adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
humble, low, lowly, modest, small
(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality; āa humble cottageā; āa lowly parish priestā; āa modest man of the peopleā; āsmall beginningsā
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; āHe humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the bossā
humble
(verb) cause to be unpretentious; āThis experience will humble himā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
humble (comparative humbler or more humble, superlative humblest or most humble)
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
Synonyms: unassuming, modest
Near the ground.
• See humble
• arrogant
• snobby
• presumptuous
• smug
humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
(ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
(transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
• abase, lower, depress, humiliate, mortify, disgrace, degrade
humble (plural humbles)
(Baltimore, slang) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
humble (plural humbles)
(Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel.
humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
(transitive) Alternative form of hummel.
Humble (plural Humbles)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Humble is the 7264th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4588 individuals. Humble is most common among White (89.71%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Hum"ble, a. [Compar. Humbler; superl. Humblest.] Etym: [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]
1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. THy humble nest built on the ground. Cowley.
2. Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6. She should be humble who would please. Prior. Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. Washington. Humble plant (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva).
– To eat humble pie, to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; -- a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. Halliwell. Thackeray.
Hum"ble, a.
Definition: Hornless. See Hummel. [Scot.]
Hum"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling.]
1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. 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.
2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive;
– often used rexlexively. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.
Syn.
– To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
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