Definition of humble Humble

/hʌˈmbʌl/ - [humbul] - hum•ble

We found 19 definitions of humble from 6 different sources.

What does humble mean?

WordNet

Verb humbles, humbling, humbled
humble - cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		efface make inconspicuous; "efface oneself"
humble - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
		humiliate, mortify, chagrin, abase
		spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to
		demolish, crush, smash defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
		demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
Adjective humble, humbler, humblest
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
		proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
		modest not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
		humility, humbleness a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"
		humbled, crushed, humiliated, low, broken treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet"
humble - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
		low, lowly, modest, small
		inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance
humble - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
		menial, lowly
humble - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
		base, baseborn, lowly
		lowborn of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"

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Wiktionary

humble (Verb)
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
humble (Verb)
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 (Adjective)
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
humble (Adjective)
Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

humble (superl.)
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
humble (superl.)
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.
humble (a.)
Hornless. See Hummel.
humble (v. t.)
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
humble (v. t.)
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

humble
Not proud or arrogant.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

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.]
humble
hum′bl, adj. having no horns