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"
1. (adjective)humble ≠ arrogant a kind, humble man
2. humble having littlemoney 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
Definitions of 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
