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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



... his blunt, honest, bull-dog Englishness, which at the particular moment of his appearance on the artistic stage was a quality which was eminently serviceable to English painting. Though of humble parents, his honest and forceful character won for him the daughter of Sir James Thornhill in marriage (by elopement) and his sturdy talent in painting secured for him his father-in-law's forgiveness and encouragement. Thornhill ...
— Six Centuries of Painting • Randall Davies
... and sisters, every woman who had a youth's life at stake, came together, took boat, and went down the river, a strange fleet of barges, all containing white caps, and black gowns and hoods, for all were clad in the most correct and humble ...
— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte M. Yonge
... slight set-back it had been a glorious day for the 8th Battalion. There was really no comparison between this battle and that of September 29th. The attack on September 29th was undoubtedly more spectacular, but in our humble judgment, having regard to the extremely short notice received, the strength of the enemy and the many difficulties encountered, the breaking of the Fonsomme Line on October 3rd may truly be counted as one of the most gallant exploits of ...
— The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 - History of the 1/8th Battalion • W.C.C. Weetman
... undone some of the things that should be done. Little more is wanting to effect this than the will, or perhaps the mere suggestion. A high influence may at a time confer a considerable benefit; but very humble means, systematically exerted, even during a comparatively short season, will certainly relieve a ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 - Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 • Various
... following pages will agree that the title bestowed upon him by his grateful and admiring townsman,—'The Hero of the Humber,' was well and richly deserved. He was a 'Hero,' though he lived in a humble cottage. He was a man of heroic sacrifices; his services were of the noblest kind; he sought the highest welfare of his fellow-creatures with an energy never surpassed; his generous and impulsive nature ...
— The Hero of the Humber - or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe • Henry Woodcock


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