The meaning of Humble

verb

Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone).

Usage examples:

I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees

verb

Make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Usage examples:

If anything was officially done or said to him, it did not abash him

verb

To embarrass someone or make them feel uncomfortable

Usage examples:

Her elder cousins abashed her by commenting on her shyness., they tried not to be abashed by the un…

verb

Dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant.

Usage examples:

She belittled amy's riding skills whenever she could

verb

To make an action or a person seem unimportant

Usage examples:

You gain nothing by belittling him and creating bad feelings.

verb

(of a rebuke or misfortune) have a restraining or moderating effect on.

Usage examples:

The director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops

adjective

Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.

Usage examples:

Salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings

noun

A piece of open land for public use.

Usage examples:

We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers

adjective

Found frequently in many places or among many people

Usage examples:

Money worries are a common problem for people raising children., guilt and forgiveness are themes c…

adjective

Not unusual; ordinary.

Usage examples:

Unemployment was commonplace in his trade

noun

A usual or ordinary thing.

Usage examples:

Bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there

adjective

Happening or seen frequently and so not considered special or unusual

Usage examples:

Public financing for sports stadiums has become commonplace.

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

Usage examples:

The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

verb

To reduce in quality or value

Usage examples:

Television is often blamed for debasing american politics.

adjective

Showing deference; respectful.

Usage examples:

People were always deferential to him

adjective

Polite and showing respect

Usage examples:

She is always extremely deferential towards anyone in authority.

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

Usage examples:

She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

verb

To reduce the quality of something

Usage examples:

Degrading water/air quality, degraded sound quality, the state is funding projects to restore degra…

verb

To become worse in quality, or to make something worse

Usage examples:

Unlike with a cassette player, the sound of the mp3 player doesn't degrade as the battery weakens.

verb

Cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).

Usage examples:

I had demeaned the profession

verb

Conduct oneself in a particular way.

Usage examples:

No man demeaned himself so honourably

verb

To cause to become less respected

Usage examples:

I wouldn’t demean myself by asking my father for money., it was demeaning to be asked to leave beca…

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride.

Usage examples:

You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

adjective

Not honourable in character or purpose.

Usage examples:

Ignoble feelings of intense jealousy

adjective

Morally bad and making you feel ashamed

Usage examples:

An ignoble action/idea

adjective

Lower in rank, status, or quality.

Usage examples:

Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun

A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

Usage examples:

Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Usage examples:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Usage examples:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Having a job at a lower level than others in an organization or group

Usage examples:

The restructuring targeted middle management as well as low-ranking employees., students will find …

adjective

Less high in position.

Usage examples:

The lower levels of the building

adverb

Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

Usage examples:

Lower cretaceous

verb

Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.

Usage examples:

He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

adjective

Belonging or relating to a social group who are poor and usually do not have a very high level of education

Usage examples:

He claims his flat-tax proposal would help middle-class and lower-class americans., she described t…

adjective

Low in status or importance; humble.

Usage examples:

She'd been too good for her lowly position

adverb

To a low degree; in a low manner.

Usage examples:

Lowly paid workers

adjective

Not having importance or rank

Usage examples:

In chess it is possible for the lowly pawn to become the most powerful piece on the board.

verb

Intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify.

Usage examples:

I don't know what you mean

adjective

Unwilling to give or share things, especially money; not generous.

Usage examples:

She felt mean not giving a tip

noun

The value obtained by dividing the sum of several quantities by their number; an average.

Usage examples:

Acid output was calculated by taking the mean of all three samples

adjective

Quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on; submissive.

Usage examples:

She brought her meek little husband along

adjective

Quiet and unwilling to disagree or fight or to strongly support personal ideas and opinions

Usage examples:

He’s slight, meek, and balding, and hardly heroic., jennifer meekly suggested that maybe it won't h…

adjective

Affectedly modest or demure.

Usage examples:

Then out spak mim-mou'd mego'nith.

adjective

Unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.

Usage examples:

He was a very modest man, refusing to take any credit for the enterprise

adjective

Not large in size or amount, or not great in value

Usage examples:

A modest increase in salary, a modest house, although an outstanding scientist, he’s a modest man.

adjective

Not large in size or amount, or not expensive

Usage examples:

Modest amount/budget/profit we have a fairly modest budget, considering our oil wealth., modest ris…

verb

Cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed.

Usage examples:

She was mortified to see her wrinkles in the mirror

verb

To cause someone to feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed

Usage examples:

He’s mortified by the fact that at 38 he still lives at home with his mother.

adjective

Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

Usage examples:

They were served by obsequious waiters

adjective

Too eager to serve or obey someone

Usage examples:

She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.

adjective

With no special or distinctive features; normal.

Usage examples:

He sets out to depict ordinary people

noun

What is commonplace or standard.

Usage examples:

Their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary

adjective

Not different, special, or unexpected in any way; usual

Usage examples:

His music was of the sort that ordinary americans could relate to., computers are now widely availa…

adjective

Not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character.

Usage examples:

Good plain food

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Perhaps the youth was just plain stupid

noun

A large area of flat land with few trees.

Usage examples:

The coastal plain

noun

(in ancient rome) a commoner.

Usage examples:

In ancient rome clients were plebeians who were bound in a subservient relationship with their patr…

adjective

Of or belonging to the commoners of ancient rome.

Usage examples:

In the larger cities (above all rome and ostia) there were also examples of more plebeian housing, …

adjective

Belonging to a low social class

Usage examples:

He used to make fun of what he called her "plebeian origins"., he retained a plebeian taste in food…

adjective

Lacking sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society.

Usage examples:

They were too poor to afford a telephone

adjective

Relating to the proletariat.

Usage examples:

A proletarian ideology

noun

A member of the proletariat.

Usage examples:

They are true proletarians

noun

A member of the proletariat

Usage examples:

He saw the revolution as part of the international proletarian revolution., the association could n…

collocation

Put in a horizontal position

phrasal verb

Stop holding something and place it on a surface or the ground.

Usage examples:

Harry put down his cup

phrasal verb

Record something in writing.

Usage examples:

He's putting a few thoughts down on paper

adjective

Powerful and irresistible.

Usage examples:

A resistless impulse

adjective

Feeling or showing deference and respect.

Usage examples:

They sit in respectful silence

adjective

Showing admiration for someone or something

Usage examples:

"we're so pleased to meet you at last," he said in a respectful tone of voice., there was a respect…

adjective

Trying to make yourself, your abilities, or your achievements seem less important

Usage examples:

A self-deprecating manner/remark, self-deprecating humour/jokes

adjective

Not making yourself noticeable, or not trying to get the attention of other people

Usage examples:

The captain was typically self-effacing when questioned about the team's successes, giving credit t…

adjective

Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.

Usage examples:

He bowed his head in a servile manner

adjective

Eager to serve and please someone else in a way that shows a lack of respect for yourself

Usage examples:

As a waiter, you want to be pleasant to people without appearing servile.

noun

A painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.

Usage examples:

She was hot with shame

verb

Make (someone) feel ashamed.

Usage examples:

I tried to shame him into giving some away

exclamation

Used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing.

Usage examples:

Look at the foals—shame, aren't they sweet?

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

Usage examples:

A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

verb

Put down by force or intimidation

verb

To reduce the force of (someone or something)

Usage examples:

She’d be hard to subdue if she got mad.

adjective

Ready to conform to the authority or will of others; meekly obedient or passive.

Usage examples:

A submissive, almost sheeplike people

adjective

Behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage.

Usage examples:

A sycophantic interview

adjective

(of a person or of behaviour) praising people in authority in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them

Usage examples:

There was sycophantic laughter from the audience at every one of his terrible jokes.

adjective

(of a person) not having or showing a confident and forceful personality.

Usage examples:

His bland and unassertive personal style

adjective

Not pretentious or arrogant; modest.

Usage examples:

He was an unassuming and kindly man

adjective

Quiet and not attracting attention

Usage examples:

A shy and unassuming person, an unassuming little restaurant

adjective

Lacking distinction; unexceptional.

Usage examples:

An undistinguished career

adjective

Not especially respected or admired

Usage examples:

She has the burden of being by far the best player in an otherwise undistinguished international si…

adjective

Not ostentatious.

Usage examples:

He was generous in a quiet, unostentatious way

adjective

Modest; unassuming.

Usage examples:

A quiet, unpresuming man

adjective

Not attempting to impress others with an appearance of greater importance, talent, or culture than is actually possessed.

Usage examples:

A friendly and unpretentious hotel

adjective

Simple and/or sincere; not pretentious

Usage examples:

The food is delicious and unpretentious.

noun

The group of people in society who use physical skills in their jobs and are usually paid by the hour

Usage examples:

A working-class neighborhood/family

adjective

Belonging or relating to the social group that consists of people who usually do physical work, and usually do not have much money or a very high level of education

Usage examples:

Most of our voters come from working-class backgrounds., a working-class area, a working-class fami…