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humble

English

  1. 🔊 marked by meekness or modesty
    “a humble apology”
  2. 🔊 used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
  3. 🔊 low or inferior in station or quality
    “a humble cottage”
  4. 🔊 of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    “baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
  5. 🔊 cause to be unpretentious
    “This experience will humble him”
  6. 🔊 cause to feel shame
    “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desairado humble
  2. 🔊 humilde humble
  3. 🔊 seráfico humble
  4. 🔊 abatir to humble
  5. 🔊 apangarse to humble, demean, debase oneself

Similar words

humiliate mortify chagrin abase base baseborn lowly menial lowly low lowly modest small abase abash abject accommodating acquiescent adapting adaptive adjusting altruistic amenable apologetic