Humble

/ˈhʌmbəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
2. Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
3. (Baltimore, slang) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
4. (ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
5. (transitive, often reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
6. (intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To hum.
7. (Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel.
8. (transitive) Alternative form of hummel.

Example Sentences

He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.

17th century, Abraham Cowley, The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches The wise example of the heavenly lark. Thy fellow poet, Cowley, mark, Above the clouds let thy proud music sound, Thy humble nest build on the ground.

Roominess and unroominess in a human dwelling, even of the humblest kind, are important matters in their bearing upon man's character.

Undoubtedly it can be said that the humble 0-6-0 has been the backbone for general service, or general utility on British railways right from their earliest days, and is likely to remain so.

Lucky that my lips not only mumble / They spill kisses like a fountain / Lucky that my breasts are small and humble / So you don't confuse 'em with mountains

But he giueth more grace, wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proude, but giueth grace vnto the humble.

She ſhould be humble, who would pleaſe; And ſhe muſt ſuffer, who can love.

Rosol's 65 winners to Nadal's 41 was one of the crucial statistics in the 3hr 18min match that ended in a 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 triumph labelled a "miracle" by Rosol, who was humble enough to offer commiserations to Nadal.

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Word Forms

• humbler
• more humble
• humblest
• most humble
• humbles
• humbling
• humbled

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