Definitions for humble
ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm-hum·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. humble, low, lowly, modest, smalladjective

   low or inferior in station or quality

   "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

2. humbleadjective

   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. humble, menial, lowlyadjective

   used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

4. base, baseborn, humble, lowlyverb

   of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

   "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

5. humbleverb

   cause to be unpretentious

   "This experience will humble him"

6. humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abaseverb

   cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

   "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 4 votes

1. humbleverb

   To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

2. humbleverb

   To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.

   Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. Ch 5: v. 6.

3. humbleadjective

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

   Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.

4. humbleadjective

   Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

5. Etymology: From umble, from humilis (compare Greek χαμαλός), from humus, humi. See homage, and confer chameleon, humiliate.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HUMBLEadjective

   Etymology: humble, French; humilis, Latin.

   1. Not proud; modest; not arrogant.

   And mighty proud to humble weak does yield. Fairy Qu.

   Now we have shewn our power,
   Let us seem humbler after it is done,
   Than when it was a doing. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Thy humble servant vows obedience,
   And faithful service, ’till the point of death. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   We should be as humble in our imperfections and sins as Christ was in the fulness of the spirit, great wisdom, and perfect life. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of living holy.

   Chuse you for me; for well you understand
   But if an humble husband may request,
   Provide and order all things for the best. Dryden.

   Ten thousand trifles light as these,
   Nor can my rage nor anger move:
   She should be humble, who would please;
   And she must suffer, who can love. Matthew Prior.

   2. Low; not high; not great.

   Th’ example of the heav’nly lark,
   Thy fellow-poet, Cowley, mark!
   Above the skies let thy proud musick sound,
   Thy humble nest build on the ground. Abraham Cowley.

   Denied what ev’ry wretch obtains of fate,
   An humble roof and an obscure retreat. Thomas Yalden.

   Ah! prince, hadst thou but known the joys which dwell
   With humbler fortunes, thou wouldst curse thy royalty. Nicholas Rowe.

   Far humbler titles suit my lost condition. Smith.

2. To Humbleverb

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. To make humble; to make submissive; to make to bow down with humility.

   Take this purse, thou whom the heaven’s plagues
   Have humbled to all strokes. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   The executioner
   Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck,
   But first begs pardon. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

   Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. v. 6.

   Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart. 2 Chro.

   Why do I humble thus myself, and suing
   For peace, reap nothing but repulse and hate. John Milton.

   Let the sinner put away the evil of his doings, and humble himself by a speedy and sincere repentance: let him return to God, and then let him be assured that God will return to him. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. To crush; to break; to subdue; to mortify.

   Yearly injoin’d, some say, to undergo
   This annual humbling certain number’d days,
   To dash their pride, and joy, for man seduc’d. John Milton, P. L.

   We are pleased, by some implicit kind of revenge, to see him taken down and humbled in his reputation, who had so far raised himself above us. Joseph Addison, Spectat.

   The mistress of the world, the seat of empire,
   The nurse of heroes, the delight of gods,
   That humbled the proud tyrants of the earth. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   Men that make a kind of insult upon society, ought to be humbled as disturbers of the publick tranquillity. Freeholder.

   Fortune not much of humbling me can boast;
   Though double tax’d, how little have I lost! Alexander Pope.

   3. To make to condescend.

   This would not be to condescend to their capacities, when he humbles himself to speak to them, but to lose his design in speaking. John Locke.

   4. To bring down from an height.

   In process of time the highest mountains may be humbled into valleys; and again, the lowest valleys exalted into mountains. George Hakewill, on Providence.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Humble

   Humble (stylized as "HUMBLE.") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. It was released on March 30, 2017, by Top Dawg Entertainment, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. The song, written by Lamar and Mike Will Made It and produced by the latter, was serviced to rhythmic contemporary radio as the lead single from Lamar's fourth studio album, Damn. "Humble" became Lamar's second number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 after "Bad Blood" and his first as a lead artist. The song received four nominations at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Music Video, winning the latter three.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. humble

   Humble generally refers to having a modest or low view of one's own importance, abilities, achievements, or possessions. It involves displaying a lack of arrogance or boastfulness and showing humility towards others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. Humble

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

2. 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

3. Humbleadjective

   hornless. See Hummel

4. Humbleverb

   to bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate

5. Humbleverb

   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

6. Etymology: [F., fr. L. humilis on the ground, low, fr. humus the earth, ground. See Homage, and cf. Chameleon, Humiliate.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Humble

   Humble is a city in Harris County, Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 15,133. The city shares a zip code with the small Houston neighborhood of Bordersville, although people who live in Bordersville still have Humble addresses.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Humble

   hum′bl, or um′bl, adj. low: meek: modest.—v.t. to bring down to the ground: to lower: to abase: to mortify: to degrade.—adj. Hum′ble-mouthed, humble in speech.—n. Hum′bleness—(Spens.) Hum′bless.—adj. Hum′bling, making humble.—n. a humiliation.—advs. Hum′blingly, in a humiliating manner; Hum′bly. [Fr.,—L. humilis, low—humus, the ground.]

2. Humble

   hum&priprime;bl, adj. having no horns.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. humble

   The awareness, knowing, quality and understanding that we are all equal beings on this planet and naturally see and trust each other as our equal and with respect and dignity.

   We are all naturally humble beings and create and experience humble feelings and thoughts towards each other.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 20, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HUMBLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Humble is ranked #7264 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Humble surname appeared 4,588 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Humble.
   
   89.7% or 4,116 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 251 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 103 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 56 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 37 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 25 total occurrences were Asian.

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How to pronounce humble?

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How to say humble in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of humble in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of humble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of humble in a Sentence

1. Tristain Shury2:

   Be bold and passionate about your future, but humble and kind in your success.

2. Ruckett:

   A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.

3. Marie Strader:

   We intended this paper to serve as a humble blueprint for how researchers can use this technology to study the functions of coral genes, we are currently conducting experiments investigating how specific genes regulate coral skeletal formation, or calcification, for example. However, we expect this technique could be useful to identify genes involved in many other ecologically important traits such as thermal tolerance or coral bleaching.

4. Stephen Colbert:

   Louis Cato has done a great job this summer, and Louis Cato is very humble, so he won't say this. But I will. He's a musical genius. He can play basically every instrument over there. Give him an afternoon, he'll learn how to play Mozart on a shoehorn.

5. John Howard Payne:

   Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=humble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Humble
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=humble
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humble
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humble
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=humble
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=humble
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=humble