Meaning of humble in English

Verb
humble
Definitions
1. cause to be unpretentious
Examples
- « This experience will humble him »
2. cause to feel shame
Examples
- « hurt the pride of »
- « He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss »
Classifying Adjective
humble
Definitions
1. low or inferior in station or quality
Examples
- « a humble cottage »
- « a lowly parish priest »
- « a modest man of the people »
- « small beginnings »
Synonyms
- inferior
2. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Synonyms
- unskilled
3. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Examples
- « baseborn wretches with dirty faces »
- « of humble (or lowly) birth »
Synonyms
- lowborn
Qualitative Adjective
humble
Etymology
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin humilis‘low, lowly’, from humus‘ground’
Definitions
1. marked by meekness or modesty
Examples
- « not arrogant or prideful »
- « a humble apology »
- « essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions- B.K.Malinowski »
Synonyms
Antonyms
- proud

Pronunciation