Etymology : Middle English, from Old French, from Latin humilis low, humble, from humus earth; akin to Greek chthOn earth, chamai on the ground
Pronunciation : 'h&m-b&l
also chief
Function : adjective
Date : 13th century
1. humiliate, embarrass, shame; subdue, abase. unpretentious, poor, simple; modest, not prideful; submissive, deferential, meek. humble\hum"ble\ , a. hornless. see:
hummel. [scot.]humble \hum"ble\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. humbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. humbling .].
2. to bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. the genius which humbled six marshals of france.
3. 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 yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of god, that he may exalt you. v. 6.
4. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
5. 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.
6. Hornless.
7. See Hummel.
8. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
9. 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. cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" 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 used of unskilled work low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings".
10. 1. 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 ¡Ù proud + humbly hum·bly `I'm a lucky man, undeservedly lucky,' he said humbly.
11. People with low social status are sometimes described as humble. Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean = lowly.
12. A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way. There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
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