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humble::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | humbleness, humility |
a humble apology.
essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions.
Examples of humble
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Think they regret their failure to take care of business against humble Georgia?
From the thenewstribune.com
Anyone in love with their iPad may want to weigh it against the humble hand-axe.
From the usatoday.com
Mike Munchak came from a humble background and a family with a solid work ethic.
From the tennessean.com
He had less ego than any politician I have ever dealt with and was a humble man.
From the us.cnn.com
Each ad will show the personalities hard at work or visiting their humble roots.
From the usatoday.com
In cases like these they just need to shut up and take a big bite of humble pie.
From the newscientist.com
A humble potato can be a life threatening food if eaten when green, for example.
From the dailymercury.com.au
The repercussions in my humble opinion, do not end within the financial circles.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
He was forced to come out of his comfort zone and put himself in a humble place.
From the denverpost.com
- Cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
- Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
- Humiliate: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
- Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
- Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
- Base: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
- (humbled) broken: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
- (humbleness) the state of being humble and unimportant
- (humbling) demeaning: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
