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English to English adjective
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marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful |  | Example: a humble apology
essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions
source: wordnet30
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Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. | | source: webster1913
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Hornless. See Hummel. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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low or inferior in station or quality | | Example: a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings
source: wordnet30
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used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | | source: wordnet30
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | | Example: baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
source: wordnet30 verb
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cause to be unpretentious | | Example: This experience will humble him
source: wordnet30
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | | Example: He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
source: wordnet30
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To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. | | source: webster1913
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