Examples: This experience will humble him
Examples: He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Examples: a humble cottage a lowly parish priest a modest man of the people small beginnings
Examples: a humble apology essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions
Examples: baseborn wretches with dirty faces of humble (or lowly) birth
humble (English)└── umble (Old French (842-ca. 1400)) └── humilis (Latin) └── humus (Latin)
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