humble

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humble
adj. unpretentious, poor, simple; modest, not prideful; submissive, deferential, meek
 
v. humiliate, embarrass, shame; subdue, abase

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humble

Verb
1. cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) efface
2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, abase
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish

Adjective
1. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
(synonym) low, lowly, modest, small
(similar) inferior
2. 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
(antonym) proud
(similar) broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
(see-also) modest
(attribute) humility, humbleness
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
(synonym) menial, lowly
(similar) unskilled
4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
(synonym) base, baseborn, lowly
(similar) lowborn


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humble
adj. humble, lowly, meek, poor

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humble
příd.jm. pokorný; skromný; prostý
 
v. pokořit