humble
adjective
[ ˈhʌmb(ə)l ]
• having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's importance.
• "I felt very humble when meeting her"
Similar:
meek,
deferential,
respectful,
submissive,
self-effacing,
unassertive,
unpresuming,
modest,
unassuming,
self-deprecating,
free from vanity,
obsequious,
sycophantic,
servile,
mim,
resistless,
• of low social, administrative, or political rank.
• "she came from a humble, unprivileged background"
Similar:
low-ranking,
low,
lowly,
lower-class,
plebeian,
proletarian,
working-class,
undistinguished,
poor,
mean,
ignoble,
of low birth,
low-born,
of low rank,
common,
commonplace,
ordinary,
simple,
inferior,
unimportant,
unremarkable,
insignificant,
inconsequential,
plebby,
baseborn,
• (of a thing) of modest pretensions or dimensions.
• "he built the business empire from humble beginnings"
humble
verb
• cause (someone) to feel less important or proud.
• "he was humbled by his many ordeals"
Similar:
humiliate,
abase,
demean,
belittle,
lower,
degrade,
debase,
bring down,
bring low,
mortify,
shame,
put to shame,
abash,
subdue,
chasten,
make someone eat humble pie,
take down a peg or two,
put down,
cut down to size,
settle someone's hash,
make someone eat crow,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin humilis ‘low, lowly’, from humus ‘ground’.
