HUMBLE

• (verb) 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

  His maths teacher abased him in front of the whole class when he failed in his course. -added by Administrator

  The team was chagrined to learn that their production was not considered original. -added by Aswathy_inlas

  
  -tagged by editor1
  Imagine that the dog is saying "Please oh please get me out of this dress!" as he is feeling humiliated (abased).

• (verb) cause to be unpretentious

  "This experience will humble him"

• (adj.) 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"

• (adj.) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

  "baseborn wretches with dirty faces", "of humble (or lowly) birth"

  synonyms : base , baseborn , lowly

  i wonder if people still use terms like base to refer to folks of lower means than themselves. -added by diviya_inlas

• (adj.) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

  synonyms : lowly , menial

• (adj.) low or inferior in station or quality

  "a humble cottage", "a lowly parish priest", "a modest man of the people", "small beginnings"

  synonyms : low , lowly , modest , small

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