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Learn to pronounce hum·ble

/ˈhəmb(ə)l/
adjective
  1. having or showing a modest or low estimate of one's own importance.
    "he was humble about his stature as one of rock history's most influential guitarists"
    synonyms: meek, deferential, respectful, submissive, self-effacing, unassertive, unpresuming, modest, unassuming, self-deprecating, free from vanity, obsequious, sycophantic, servile, mim, resistless
  2. of low social, administrative, or political rank.
    "she came from a humble, unprivileged background"
    synonyms: low-ranking, low, lowly, lower-class, plebeian, proletarian, working-class, undistinguished, poor, mean, ignoble, of low birth, low-born, of low rank, common, commonplace, ordinary, simple, inferior, unimportant, unremarkable, insignificant, inconsequential, plebby, baseborn
  3. (of a thing) of modest pretensions or dimensions.
    "he built the business empire from humble beginnings"
    synonyms: unpretentious, modest, unostentatious, plain, simple, ordinary

verb
lower (someone) in dignity or importance.
"I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help"
synonyms: humiliate, abase, demean, belittle, lower, degrade, debase, bring down, bring low, mortify, shame, put to shame, abash, subdue, chasten, make someone eat humble pie, take down a peg or two, put down, cut down to size, settle someone's hash, make someone eat crow

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Humility is the quality of being humble. Dictionary definitions accentuate humility as low self-regard and sense of unworthiness. In a religious context, humility can mean a recognition of self in relation to a deity, and subsequent submission to... Wikipedia
humble adjective (LOW IN RANK). low in rank or position; poor: She rose from humble origins to become one of the best-known political writers in the world.
adjective · not proud or arrogant; modest: Though very successful, she remained humble. · having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc.:.
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Humble means "modest; without an excess of pride." A person who brags about being humble may have too much pride in being humble to actually be humble.
A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people. He gave a great performance, but he was very humble.
definition 1: not proud; modest. Although he was rich and powerful, he remained a humble man. synonyms: modest antonyms: arrogant, conceited, haughty, proud, ...
Synonyms for HUMBLE: meek, modest, unassuming, unaffected, lowly, timid, down-to-earth, unpretentious; Antonyms of HUMBLE: arrogant, haughty, superior, ...