humbled

Definition of humbled in English English dictionary: Simple past tense and past participle of humble; Feeling the positive effects of humility
I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.; past of humble; subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"; {s} made humble; subdued in status; made to feel less proud or important
humble: 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.
humble: 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.
humble: 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.
humble: reverent
humble: cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
humble: 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
humble: 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
humble: To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate
humble: 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: 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
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humble: marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble
humble: {a} modest, meek, lowly, low, obscure
humble: {v} to bring down, mortify, subdue
humble: and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B
humble: 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
humble: 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
humble: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
humble: 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
humble: {s} unpretentious, poor, simple; modest, not prideful; submissive, deferential, meek
humble: 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
humble: 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
humble: cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble
humble: {f} humiliate, embarrass, shame; subdue, abase
humble: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
humble: 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
humble: 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
humble: of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
humble: A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way. There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them
humble: People with low social status are sometimes described as humble. Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean = lowly
humble: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)