humble

Definition of humble in English English dictionary: Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage
Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.; To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate
The genius which humbled six marshals of France. -Macaulay.; Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. -Washington.; 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
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.; cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"; To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; often used rexlexively; Malinowski used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings; To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate; 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; Hornless; marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble; {a} modest, meek, lowly, low, obscure; {v} to bring down, mortify, subdue; and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B; 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; {f} humiliate, embarrass, shame; subdue, abase; cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"; If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were. Ted's words humbled me + humbled hum·bled I came away very humbled and recognizing that I, for one, am not well-informed. + humbling hum·bling Giving up an addiction is a humbling experience; Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest; of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"; A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way. There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them; People with low social status are sometimes described as humble. Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean = lowly; used of unskilled work (especially domestic work); reverent
humble pie: a pie made from the offal of deer or hog
humble pie: humility, being humble
humble plant: A species of sensitive plant; Mimosa pudica
humble bee: {i} bumblebee, large and hairy bee (non-stinging)
humble pie: {i} pie that was made in the past from the edible internal organs of an animal (such as deer or hog)
humble pie: To be forced to apologize abjectly or admit one's faults in humiliating circumstances
humble request: modest application, small request
humble wish: modest request, small wish
eat humble pie: to admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology
humbled: Simple past tense and past participle of humble
humbled: Feeling the positive effects of humility
I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.
humbleness: Humility; the property of being humble
humbler: Agent noun of humble; one who humbles
humbler: Comparative form of humble: more humble
humbles: Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humble
humbling: Present participle of humble
humbling: Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority
humbling: An event which causes humbleness; a set-down
humbling: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling game"
humbleness: {n} submission, modesty
humbly: {a} without pride, submissively, lowly
eat humble pie: admit that one has done something wrong and apologize, be apologetic
humbled: past of humble
humbled: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
humbled: {s} made humble; subdued in status; made to feel less proud or important
humbleness: the state of being humble and unimportant
humbleness: a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"
humbleness: {i} simplicity, quality of being unpretentious; modesty, humility; submission, meekness
humbleness: The quality of being humble; humility; meekness
humbleness: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"
humbler: One who, or that which, humbles some one
humbler: Comparative form of humble; more humble
humbles: Entrails of a deer
humbles: third-person singular of humble
humblest: Superlative form of humble; most humble
humbly: in a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head
humbly: In a humble manner
humbly: in a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head"
humbly: simply; modestly; submissively, meekly
humbly: With humility; lowly
humbly: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation"
in my humble opinion: if you ask me, my opinion is
in my not-so-humble opinion: if I may say so myself, if you ask me I think that
your humble servant: your loyal worker

Turkish - English

Definition of humble in Turkish English dictionary
bendeniz cennet kuşu your humble servant: (said jocularly)
bendeniz/bendeleri your humble servant: (formerly used in polite speech when referring to oneself; today used either jocularly or sarcastically): Bendeniz saat onda hazır olacak. Your humble servant will be ready at ten o'clock

humble

Hyphenation

hum·ble

Turkish pronunciation

hʌmbıl

Synonyms

abase, lower, depress, humiliate, mortify, disgrace, degrade, apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, blushing, content, courteous, deferential

Antonyms

assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, egotistical, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy, luxurious, rich, superior, build up, praise, promote

Pronunciation

/ˈhəmbəl/ /ˈhʌmbəl/

Etymology

[ 'h&m-b&l also chief ] (adjective.) 13th century. Old French (h)umble Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμαλός (khamalos, “on the ground, low, trifling”)) humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and confer chameleon, humiliate.