Humble

Hum´ble

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

- Cowley.

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.

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

- Jas. iv. 6.

She should be humble who would please.

- Prior.

Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.

- Washington.

Humble plant
(Bot.) a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (Mimosa sensitiva).

To eat humble pie
to endure mortification; to submit or apologize abjectly; to yield passively to insult or humilitation; - a phrase derived from a pie made of the entrails or humbles of a deer, which was formerly served to servants and retainers at a hunting feast. See Humbles. - Halliwell.

Hornless. See Hummel.

v. t.

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

[imp. & p. p. Humbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling .]

Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues
Have humbled to all strokes.

- Shak.

The genius which humbled six marshals of France.

- Macaulay.

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 yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.

- 1 Pet. v. 6.

Verb	1.	humble - cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
	2.	humble - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify
Adj.	1.	humble - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" Synonyms: lowly, small, modest, low
	2.	humble - 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 Antonyms: proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
	3.	humble - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) Synonyms: menial, lowly
	4.	humble - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" Synonyms: baseborn, base, lowly

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