To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively
Thinking lowly of ones self; claiming little for ones self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking ones self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; weak; modest
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
politeness People use humble in a phrase such as in my humble opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it. It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain. = modest + humbly hum·bly So may I humbly suggest we all do something next time
low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something. Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her
{s} unpretentious, poor, simple; modest, not prideful; submissive, deferential, meek
A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble proud + humbly hum·bly `I'm a lucky man, undeservedly lucky,' he said humbly
If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily. Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants
cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble