Unscramble humble

Definition of humble

adjective:

• low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage", "a lowly parish priest", "a modest man of the people", "small beginnings". Synonyms: low, lowly, modest, small.
• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; ; - B.K.Malinowski; "a humble apology", "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions". Antonyms: proud.
• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work). Synonyms: lowly, menial.
• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces", "of humble (or lowly) birth". Synonyms: base, baseborn, lowly.

verb:

• cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him".
• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss". Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify.

Related words

crush, degrade, demean, demolish, disgrace, efface, smash.

Words nearby

bumble, fumble, hubble, humbled, humbly, jumble, mumble, rumble, tumble.

Rhymes with

bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, jumble, mumble, rumble, stumble, trumbull, tumble, umbel.