humble

1. superl. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. a. Hornless. See Hummel. Source: opted

4. v. t. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. adj. low or inferior in station or quality Source: wordnet

7. adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful Source: wordnet

8. adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) Source: wordnet

9. adj. of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense) Source: wordnet

10. v. cause to be unpretentious Source: wordnet

11. v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of Source: wordnet

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