Associations to the word «Humble»
Noun
- Pie
- Prayer
- Pride
- Servant
- Bundle
- Petition
- Thou
- Ambition
- Pardon
- Marriott
- Bee
- Glory
- Refining
- Lordship
- Submission
- Beginning
- Ridley
- Shirley
- Humility
- Parentage
- Indie
- Dudley
- Ripper
- Gods
- Linux
- Cromwell
- Nugent
- Kate
- Refinery
- Foe
- Abode
- Bender
- Allah
- Esteem
- Houston
- Texas
- Zeppelin
- Sterling
- Oil
- Entreaty
- Ladyship
- Pretension
- Dominion
- Gentle
- Manners
- Reverence
- Protector
- Mather
- Adoration
- Excellency
- Apology
- Hoax
- Faithful
- Croft
- Demeanor
- Fleetwood
- Superior
- Garb
- Clause
- Upbringing
- Piety
- Cottage
- Derek
- Harris
Adjective
Wiktionary
HUMBLE, adjective. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
HUMBLE, adjective. Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
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. Hornless.
HUMBLE PIE, noun. (dated) a pie made from the offal of deer or hog
HUMBLE PIE, noun. (idiomatic) humility, being humble
HUMBLE PLANT, noun. (botany) A species of sensitive plant; Mimosa pudica.
Dictionary definition
HUMBLE, verb. Cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him".
HUMBLE, verb. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss".
HUMBLE, adjective. Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings".
HUMBLE, adjective. 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.
HUMBLE, adjective. Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work).
HUMBLE, adjective. Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.