Definitions of HUMBLE [ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm-]

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Definition of 'HUMBLE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) humble
not proud or arrogant; modest.

2.  humble
low in importance, status, or condition:
a humble home.

3.  humble
courteously respectful:
in my humble opinion.

4.  humble
insignificant; inferior; submissive:
to feel humble in the presence of a great artist.

5. (v.t.) humble
to lower in condition, importance, or dignity; abase; mortify.

6.  humble
to destroy the independence or will of; subdue.

7.  humble
to make meek:
to humble one's heart.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME humbulbe, perh. < MLG homelbe; cf. MD hommel drone, OHG humbal)

Definition of 'HUMBLE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) humble, low, lowly, modest, small
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

2. (adj) 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

3. (adj) humble, menial, lowly
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

4. (verb) base, baseborn, humble, lowly
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

5. (verb) humble
cause to be unpretentious
"This experience will humble him"

6. (verb) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

Definition of 'HUMBLE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) humble
≠ arrogant
a kind, humble man

2. humble
having little money or status
her humble beginnings as a waitress; "I really didn't do very much," she said humbly.

Definition of 'HUMBLE'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) HUMBLE
hornless. See Hummel

2. HUMBLE
near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage

3. 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

4. (verb) HUMBLE
to bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate

5. (verb) 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

Translation of 'HUMBLE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: not having a high opinion of oneself etc You have plenty of ability but you're too humble.
Afrikaans: nederig	Arabic: مُتَواضِع	Bulgarian: скромен
Brazilian: humilde	Czech: pokorný, ponížený	German: bescheiden
Danish: ydmyg	Greek: ταπεινόφρων, υποχωρητικός	Spanish: humilde
Estonian: alandlik	Farsi: متواضع	Finnish: vaatimaton
French: humble	Hebrew: צַנוּע	Hindi: नम्र, विनीत, सीधा सादा
Croatian: skroman	Hungarian: alázatos	Indonesian: rendah hati
Icelandic: lítillátur, hógvær, auðmj	Italian: umile	Japanese: 謙虚な
Korean: 겸손한	Lithuanian: kuklus	Latvian: pazemīgs
Malay: rendah hati	Dutch: nederig	Norwegian: ydmyk, underdanig, beskje
Polish: skromny, pokorny	Persian: متواضع	Pashto: متواضع، خاکسار
Portuguese: humilde	Romanian: umil	Russian: скромный
Slovak: pokorný	Slovenian: ponižen	Serbian: skroman
Swedish: blygsam,ödmjuk	Thai: ถ่อมตัว	Turkish: alçak gönüllü
Taiwanese: 謙卑的	Ukrainian: скромний	Urdu: عاجز
Vietnamese: khiêm tốn; nhún nhường	Chinese: 谦卑的
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