Humble - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhʌmbl|  American pronunciation of the word humble
Brit.  |ˈhʌmb(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word humble

verb

- cause to be unpretentious
This experience will humble him
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of (syn: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify)

adjective

- low or inferior in station or quality (syn: low, lowly, modest, small)
a humble cottage
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) (syn: lowly, menial)
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) (syn: base, baseborn, lowly)
of humble (or lowly) birth

Extra examples

Despite all his achievements, he has remained humble.

He is very humble about his achievements.

She is too humble to let praise go to her head.

Please accept my humble apologies.

Her humble suggestion is that we review the data more carefully.

He comes from a humble background.

She's not ashamed of her humble beginnings.

Her success has humbled her critics.

Last year's champion was humbled by an unknown newcomer.

To humble the Church was the king's next step.

I am humbled to do it.

He started his career as a humble peanut farmer.

Iacocca rose from humble beginnings to become boss of Ford.

The humble potato may be the key to feeding the world's population.

The mighty U.S. army was humbled by a small South East Asian country.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: humble
he/she/it: humbles
present participle: humbling
past tense: humbled
past participle: humbled
adjective
comparative: humbler
superlative: humblest
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