humble
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
Adjective 2 meanings
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
“He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.”
Having a low position or a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
Noun 1 meaning
People with a low position or a low opinion of themselves; those who are not proud, arrogant, or assuming.
“c. 590 AD: Liber Regulae Pastoralis by Pope Gregory I "The humble are to be admonished not to be more submissive than is right".”
Verb 2 meanings
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.
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.
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HUMBLE at a glance
HUMBLE has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (H 4 + U 1 + M 3 + B 3 + L 1 + E 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,876 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with humble
All rhymes- ABLE6
- POSSIBLE12
- AVAILABLE14
- TABLE7
- DOUBLE9
- RESPONSIBLE15
- TROUBLE9
- IMPOSSIBLE16
- TERRIBLE10
- COMFORTABLE20
- INCREDIBLE15
- CAPABLE13
One letter away
- RUMBLE10
- TUMBLE10
- FUMBLE13
- HUMBLY16
- BUMBLE12
- MUMBLE12
- JUMBLE17
- HAMBLE13
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