A person or a place can be humble, but a person who brags about being humble, or not proud, may have too much pride in being "humble" to actually be humble.
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming;
Verb
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
Verb
cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
Adjective S.
of low birth or station (`base'' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
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
Adjective S.
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Adjective S.
low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
superl.
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or
magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
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.
a.
Hornless. See Hummel.
v. t.
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
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.
Humble
THy humble nest built on the ground.2.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
She should be humble who would please.
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Humble
Humble
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France.2.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming;
Hornless. See
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Usage Examples
For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.
I have this complex. I don't like too much exposure. I don't know why it is. Maybe it's bred in me, because my dad always told me to be humble and don't think you're too good.
I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.
I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front.
And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.
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Other Usage ExamplesI am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.
I didn't want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that's a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I'm proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.
As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.
Humble souls are fearful of their own strength.
I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.
I guess what I learned the most was to feel lucky with what I have been able to accomplish and what I have and to feel humble about the people I have been able to work with.
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