Definition of HUMBLE

humble

Plural: humbles

Verb

Verb Forms: humbled, humbling, humbles

  • To lower someone's pride; to make modest.
  • cause to be unpretentious
    • "This experience will humble him"
  • cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
  • To hum.
  • Alternative form of hummel.

Adjective Satellite

  • low or inferior in station or quality
    • "a humble cottage"
  • used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
  • of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
    • "of humble (or lowly) birth"

Adjective

  • Having or showing a modest estimate of one's importance.
  • marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; ; - B.K.Malinowski
    • "a humble apology"
    • "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"

Adj

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

Noun

  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
  • Alternative form of hummel.

Examples

  • After his opponent scored a bingo with "QUIZZING," his confidence was thoroughly humbled in Words With Friends.
  • Despite his huge score, he remained HUMBLE, praising his opponent’s strategic moves.
  • He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.
  • humble cattle
  • humbling and bumbling

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd.

Scrabble Score: 13

humble: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
humble: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
humble: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

humble: valid Words With Friends Word