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Humble   /hˈəmbəl/   Listen
Humble

adjective
(compar. humbler; superl. humblest)
1.
Low or inferior in station or quality.  Synonyms: low, lowly, modest, small.  "A lowly parish priest" , "A modest man of the people" , "Small beginnings"
2.
Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.  "Essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"
3.
Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work).  Synonyms: lowly, menial.
4.
Of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense).  Synonyms: base, baseborn, lowly.  "Of humble (or lowly) birth"
verb
(past & past part. humbled; pres. part. humbling)
1.
Cause to be unpretentious.
2.
Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.  Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify.



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"Humble" Quotes from Famous Books



... beast broke from the mob in hand, and went crashing through the undergrowth. "There's one all by herself to practice on." Dan's system of education, being founded on object-lessons, was mightily convincing; and for that trip, anyway, he had a very humble pupil to instruct in the "ways of telling the signs ...
— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn
... the heretical Briggs. But speaking of that novel of mine ('Monk and Knight') reminds me that I wrote a poem on the railway the other day, and I will read it now if there be no objection." (Cries of 'Read it,' 'Go ahead.') "The poem, humble as it is, was suggested by seeing a fellow-passenger fall asleep over his volume of Bion and Moschus. This ...
— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson
... discipline. And why should this not be so in football, particularly as it is a game regulated by sharply-defined maxims? Everyone can't be the captain of an eleven; and as for Wellington's remarks, the most humble member of the team may show the greatest ability. You may belong to the most "swellish" of clubs, and have a fair reputation, but you are not chosen to play in the International. Your father may be the "Great Mogul" himself, but that has no effect. The coveted ...
— Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches • David Drummond Bone
... much work to do. We hope that you will have the kindness to send some workers to us, and will not forget us in your holy devotions. I am with profound respect, my very reverend Father, your Paternity's very humble and ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 • Various
... cried Terry, with a mocking laugh. "Well, the sooner he has his plateful of humble-pie the ...
— Syd Belton - The Boy who would not go to Sea • George Manville Fenn


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