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Definition: Humble |
HumbleAdjective1. Low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings". 2. 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. 3. Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work). 4. Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth". Verb1. Cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him". 2. Lower in esteem; hurt the pride of. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "humble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Humble is a city located in Harris County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 14,579. Loch Energy is headquartered in Humble; the city was the namesake for Humble Oil, which later became the Exxon corporation.
Geography
Humble is located at 29°59'42" North, 95°15'54" West (29.994920, -95.264873)1.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.6 km² (9.9 mi²). 25.6 km² (9.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.10% is water.
Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 14,579 people, 5,460 households, and 3,652 families residing in the city. The population density is 570.3/km² (1,477.5/mi²). There are 5,908 housing units at an average density of 231.1/km² (598.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 69.24% White, 14.49% African American, 0.68% Native American, 3.22% Asian, 0.26% Pacific Islander, 9.07% from other races, and 3.04% from two or more races. 23.36% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.There are 5,460 households out of which 37.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% are married couples living together, 16.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% are non-families. 26.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.62 and the average family size is 3.18.
In the city the population is spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 12.3% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 30 years. For every 100 females there are 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city is $37,834, and the median income for a family is $46,399. Males have a median income of $34,434 versus $26,988 for females. The per capita income for the city is $17,678. 15.5% of the population and 12.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 22.2% are under the age of 18 and 7.4% are 65 or older.
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Humility is the state of being humble. Webster's 1913 dictionary uses terms such as "modest", "not high or lofty" and "not pretentious or magnificent" to define humility.In Christianity, humility, or meekness, is seen as a virtue, encompassing three skills: 1) yielding ones rights and possessions to God, 2) earning the right to be heard rather than demanding a hearing, and 3) responding properly to anger when others violate one's personal rights.
Some other schools of thought, such as Objectivism, have seen it as a weakness.
Humiliation is the act of being made humble.
See also:
- modesty
External link
- http://www.aish.com/spirituality/growth/Path_of_the_Soul_2__How_Much_Space_Do_You_Take%24.asp
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Synonyms: HumbleSynonyms: base (adj), baseborn (adj), low (adj), lowly (adj), menial (adj), modest (adj), small (adj), abase (v), chagrin (v), humiliate (v), mortify (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: proud (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dissent | Interjection: God forbid! not for the world; I'll be hanged if; never tell me; your humble servant, pardon me. |
Humility | Verb: be humble; Adjective: deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit; submit with a good grace; (brook); yield the palm. |
Render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear. | |
Phrase: I am your obedient servant, I am your very humble servant; my service to you; da locum melioribus; parvum parva decent. | |
Adjective: humble, lowly, meek; modest; humble minded, sober-minded; unoffended; submissive; servile,. | |
Modesty | Adjective: modest, diffident; humble; timid, timorous, bashful; shy, nervous, skittish, coy, sheepish, shamefaced, blushing, overmodest. |
Penitence | Verb: repent, be sorry for; be penitent; Adjective: rue; regret; think better of; recant; knock under; (submit); plead guilty; sing miserere, sing de profundis; cry peccavi; own oneself in the wrong; acknowledge, confess; (disclose); humble oneself; beg pardon; (apologize); turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin; reclaim; repent in sackcloth and ashes; (do penance); learn by experience. |
Piety | Adjective: pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn. |
Refusal | Phrase: non possumus; your humble servant; bien oblige; not on your life; no way; not even if you beg on your knees. |
Submission | Untenable, indefensible; humble. |
Eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres, gulp down. | |
Worship | Verb: worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship. |
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Screenplays | In my humble opinion, this is ridiculous (Seven Years in Tibet; writing credit: Becky Johnston) What's your lofty mission in life that lets you sneer at my humble profession (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) Somebody who sold you to Humble Pie for fifty bucks and a case of beer (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) Your humble servant, Semmi (Coming to America; writing credit: David Sheffield) I am merely a humble butler (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.) | |
Lyrics | Be true to yourself and stay humble (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious) Where humble people go to pray (Crying in the Chapel; performing artist: Elvis Presley) I'm So Humble (In the Closet; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley) I flourished in my humble trade my reputation grew (Good Company; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Brian May) And once proud fathers act so humble (UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Honor of the Humble (1914) Be It Ever So Humble (1913) Her Humble Ministry (1911) Your Humble Serpent (1996) | |
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 | "Here the fair humble penitent behold,... / [John Collier]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Humble shawl-weavers at Cashmere patiently creating wonderful harmonies of line and color--India... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Pat, if yez don't sell that pig he'll soon by outside all we own."--One of the humble homes of County Kerry, Ireland. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A humble but happy negro home, down south in Dixie Land, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Humble Yale team turns table on powerful Army eleven before 80,000 frenzied spectators. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Humble - Gilliland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | White cotton, black pickers and a gin. Humble and crude, but the crop Uncle Sam depends on to maintain his gold balance. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, dedicated by permission to his Imperial Majesty Alexander 1st. by his much obliged humble servant J.A. Atkinson / drawn on the spot by J.A. Atkinson, from the observatory of the Academy of Sciences. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "The Gate" by Nicholas Ong Commentary: "The entrance to my humble abode." | "Danish Sunset" by Tina Lorien Commentary: "So I see everybody has a sunset - so Ill put one too - a humble danish sunset." |
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Alexander Pope | By foreign hands thy humble grave adorned; By strangers honored, and by strangers mourned. |
Author Unknown | Act as though you cannot fail but keep a humble spirit. |
| Be it ever so humble, there's no opinion like one's own. | |
Benjamin Franklin | To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. |
Lord Byron | Sincerity may be humble, but she cannot be servile. |
Phaedrus | The humble are in danger when those in power disagree. |
The Talmud | No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. |
Thomas p Kempis | An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning. |
William Cowper | Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; Wisdom is humble that it knows no more. |
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US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | When the designs of wicked men or the aggressive urge of mighty States dissolve over large areas the frame of civilized society, humble folk are confronted with difficulties with which they cannot cope. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | But you were humble. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It was the turn of the conventionist to be haughty, and of the bishop to be humble. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | I will ask you now, all of you, to repeat after me the act of contrition, kneeling here in this humble chapel in the presence of God. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Thy voice is thunder, but thy looks are humble. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And from her great and humble position in the family she had taken dignity and a clean calm beauty |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I made my humble acknowledgments to his Highness for so great a favor |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Those plants of whose greenness withered we make herb tea for the sick serve but a humble use, and are most employed by quacks |
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Health | Whether they are as humble as velcro shoes or as advanced as computerized communication devices, special machines and gadgets in the home, school, and workplace can help the child or adult with cerebral palsy overcome limitations. (references) | |
Business | Turning over a symbol of national pride to foreigners gives opposition lawmakers ammunition to fight reform in an effort to humble the current administration. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. The Enemy of Human Souls Sat grieving at the cost of coals; For Hell had been annexed of late, And was a sovereign Southern State. "It were no more than right," said he, "That I should get my fuel free. The duty, neither just nor wise, Compels me to economize -- Whereby my broilers, every one, Are execrably underdone. What would they have? -- although I yearn To do them nicely to a turn, I can't afford an honest heat. This tariff makes even devils cheat! I'm ruined, and my humble trade All rascals may at will invade: Beneath my nose the public press Outdoes me in sulphureousness; The bar ingeniously applies To my undoing my own lies; My medicines the doctors use (Albeit vainly) to refuse To me my fair and rightful prey And keep their own in shape to pay; The preachers by example teach What, scorning to perform, I teach; And statesmen, aping me, all make More promises than they can break. Against such competition I Lift up a disregarded cry. Since all ignore my just complaint, By Hokey-Pokey! I'll turn saint!" Now, the Republicans, who all Are saints, began at once to bawl Against his competition; so There was a devil of a go! They locked horns with him, tete-a-tete In acrimonious debate, Till Democrats, forlorn and lone, Had hopes of coming by their own. That evil to avert, in haste The two belligerents embraced; But since 'twere wicked to relax A tittle of the Sacred Tax, 'Twas finally agreed to grant The bold Insurgent-protestant A bounty on each soul that fell Into his ineffectual Hell. Edam Smith |
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John Hartmann | Never, ever. I mean, Phil was a middle child. They're usually more humble and more subdued. And his comedic talents didn't really emerge until high school. |
Mattie Stepanek | Jimmy Carter is my hero because he is a humble peacemaker. He will write a book. He'll solve a problem. He'll build a house. |
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Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | In the light of this equality, we know that the virtues most cherished by free people--love of truth, pride of work, devotion to country--all are treasures equally precious in the lives of the most humble and of the most exalted. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | May our third century be illuminated by liberty and blessed with brotherhood, so that we and all who come after us may be the humble servants of thy peace. |
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| "Humble" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.29% of the time. "Humble" is used about 805 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.29% | 767 | 8,964 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.35% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.36% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 805 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "humble" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Humble | Last name | 2,000 | 5,779 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "humble". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Annas | N/A | Biblical | Humble |
| Micah | N/A | Biblical | Humble |
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1. Humble, TX (city, FIPS 35348) |
Expressions using "humble": assume a humble attitude ♦ be humble ♦ eat humble pie ♦ humble oneself ♦ humble plant ♦ i am your very humble servant ♦ in my humble opinion ♦ make smb. eat humble pie ♦ of humble birth ♦ To eat humble pie ♦ your humble servant ♦ your most humble most obedient servant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "humble": humble-bee, humble-hearted, humble-mannered. | |
Ending with "humble": archi-humble, ever-humble, mock-humble, not-so-humble. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "humble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ul (abase, cast down, cheapen, couch, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, furl, incline, keep down, knock off, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subdue, subside, throw, turn down, untuck), poshtëroj (abase, demean, humiliate, let down, lower, mortify, vituperate, wipe the floor with), plot nderim, përul (debase, decry, depreciate, diminish, lay low), modest (decent, decently, demure, diffident, discreet, lowly, modest, neat, quiet, unassertive, unobtrusive, unpretentious), kokëulur (crestfallen), i ulët (base, contemptible, dark, deep, down, gentle, give away, ignoble, infamous, low, low down, low lying, lowly, mean, modest, nasty, nefarious, petty, primary, rascally, scrubby, scurvy, shoddy, subdued, vile, villainous, vulgar), i thjeshtë (abecedarian, artless, austere, bare, chaste, childlike, common, easy, elementary, enlisted, folksy, foolproof, Hick, home-bred, homely, homespun, inelaborate, informal, ingenuous, inornate, mere, modest, native, natural, neat, not mingled, onefold, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, private, pure, quotidian, rude, russet, rustic, simple, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, very), i përulur. (various references) | |
Arabic | متواضع (inconsiderable, insignificant, little, modest, negligible, slight, small, trivial, unassuming, unpretentious), هزم على نحو حاسم, وضيع (contemptible, cowardly, grubby, inferior, low, low-grade, lowly, mean, menial, scabby, scaly, scruffy, scurvy, slavish, slight, snide, vile), وديع (facile, gentle, meek, placid, quiet, tame), ذليل (servile, vassal), ذل (abase, be low, debase, degradation, demean, humbleness, humiliate, ignominy, let down, lowness, mortify, prostration). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | унижавам (abase, bring down, condescend, debase, degrade, demean, disgrace, gall, humiliate, lour, lower, mortify, prostrate, put down, sink), скромен (abstemious, chaste, conservative, decent, decorous, demure, frugal, maidenlike, maidenly, mean, modest, obscure, quakerish, quiet, retiring, shamefaced, simple, small, unambitious, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious), смирявам, смирен (meek, resigned), който се унижава, непретенциозен (comfortable, modest, unambitious, unaspiring, unassuming), без себелюбие, без самоуважение, беден (fortuneless, hungry, impecunious, indigent, jejune, meager, meagre, mean, moneyless, necessitous, needful, needy, penniless, penurious, pokey, poky, poor, poorly off, poverty stricken, scanty, shabby, tenuous, thin), прост (abc, artless, childlike, common, commonplace, easy, elemental, elementary, funky, grave, homelike, homespun, illiberal, low, native, onefold, open and shut, ordinary, plain, prime, primitive, rugged, rustic, simple, sleazy, straight, straightforward, uncomplicated, unpretentious, vulgar), принизявам, покорен (governable, meek, obedient, submissive, unresisting). (various references) | |
Chinese | 陋 (low, mean, plain, ugly, vulgar), 谦逊 (modesty), 謙遜 (humility, modesty), 猥 (canthus, plentiful, rustic), 卑 (base, inferior, low, vulgar). (various references) | |
Czech | zahanbit (abash, shame), skromný (abstemious, demure, frugal, limited, lowly, modest, reserved, retiring, unassuming, unpretentious), ponížit (abase, debase, degrade, humiliate, tame), ponížený (abject, humiliated), pokorný (lowly, meek, submissive, tame), pokořit (humiliate, mortify). (various references) | |
Danish | humlebi (bumble bee, bumblebee, humble bee). (various references) | |
Dutch | onderdanig, nederig, deemoedig. (various references) | |
Esperanto | humila. (various references) | |
Faeroese | eyðmjúkur. (various references) | |
Farsi | فروتنی کردن (Condescend), فروتن (Courteous, Daft, Low, Lowly, Meek, Modest, Slight, Submissive, Unassuming, Unpretentious, Venal), پست کردن (Abase, Abject, Debase, Degrade, Demean, Disparage, Disrate, Humiliate, Mortify, Post), پست (Abacinate, Abject, Cheap, Common, Currish, Despicable, Earthborn, Infamous, Inferior, Lily, Little, Mail, Menial, Peevish, Poor, Runty, Ungenerous, Venal, Vile, Villain, Villainous, Vulgar, Wretch, Wretched), محقر (Little, Small, Unpretentious), متواضع (Unselfish), زبون (Despicable), شکسته نفسی کردن , بدون ارتفاع . (various references) | |
Finnish | nöyrä (lowly, meek, obedient, submissive). (various references) | |
French | humble. (various references) | |
German | demütig (abject, abjectly, humbly, suppliantly), bescheiden (abstemious, bestow upon, decide upon, demure, frugal, grant, humbly, lowlily, lowly, moderate, modest, modestly, plain, small, to humble, unassuming, unboastful, unobtrusive, unpretentious, unpretentiously). (various references) | |
Greek | σεμνόσ (bashful, decent, demure, maidenly, modest, unpretending), ακαύχητοσ, ταπεινώνω (abase, depress, humiliate, lower, make humble, mortify), ταπεινόσ (abject, low, lowly, menial, reverent, unobtrusive, unpretentious), ταπεινός (abject, self-effacing). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מך (poor), להשפיל (abase, debase, degrade, demean, humiliate, lower, mortify, snub), להכניע (overpower, overwhelm, quell, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate), שפל רוח (depressed, modest, poor spirited), שפל (base, degeneration, ebb, indolent, lousy, low, low down, low tide, lowliness, mean, mean-spirited, meek, minimum, miscreant, ornery, recession, scabby, scamp, shabby, sordid, vile), עניו (meek, modest), דל (light, meagre, miserable, penurious, poor, scanty, spare), צנוע (demure, homely, lowly, meek, modest, neat, prude, unassuming). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerény (austere, exiguous, have no side, lowly, low-pitched, meek, mite, modest, sedate, to help sy in one's small way, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive), megaláz (abase, abject, humiliate, to abase, to abject, to humble, to humiliate, to keelhaul, to lower, to put down, to slight), lealacsonyodik (to degrade, to demean oneself, to stoop), alacsony származású (lowborn, lowly born, of mean birth), alacsony (brief, low, low down, low-down, lowly, pint-sized, shallow, short, small built, titchy), alázatos (lowly, meek, obsequious, servile, submissive, subservient). (various references) | |
Indonesian | sederhana (artless, austere, frugal, homely, plain, simple, temperate, unostentatious, unpretentious), legowo. (various references) | |
Irish | umhal. (various references) | |
Italian | umile (low, lowly, menial, modest, poor). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 粗末 (crude, plain, rough), 卑しい (base, greedy, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おくゆかしい (graceful, modest, refined), ハンブル , そまつ (crude, plain, rough), ひくい (low, short), ひせん (low class, lowly, waterfall), ひかえめ (conservative, moderate, reserved), いやしい (base, greedy, mean, shabby, vile, vulgar), けんそん (humility, modesty). (various references) | |
Korean | 겸허한. (various references) | |
Manx | imlee (lowly), cur imleeid er, anooasle (baseborn, ignoble, low born). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ydmyke (humiliate), ydmyk, beskjeden (discrete, modest). (various references) | |
Papiamen | humilde. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umblehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | humilde (low, lowly). (various references) | |
Romanian | umilit (grovelling, in the dust), umili (abase, abash, bear down, humiliate, mortify, snub, stoop, submit, take down), umil (humbly, low, lowly, mean, meek, modest, poor, small, submissive), supus (acquiescent, compliant, duteous, dutiful, dutifully, meek, meekly, obedient, obediential, passive, subject, submissive, submissively, supple, tame, yielding), simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, primitive, pure, quiet, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished), sãrãcãcios (baldly, barely, barren, mean, meanly, miserable, modest, penurious, poky, poor, poorly, poverty stricken, scant, shabby, slender, sorry, sparing), plecat (bent, gone, submissive), modest (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humbly, low, lowly, maiden, maidenly, modest, plain, quakerish, quiet, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious), înjosit, înjosi (abase, debase, degrade, humiliate, mortify, stoop). (various references) | |
Russian | униженный (humiliated), скромный (decent, demure, hamble, low life, mean, modest, self-effacing, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious), смиренный (meek), смирить (subdue), застенчивый (bashful, blushful, blushing, coy, diffident, self conscious, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheep-faced, sheepish, shrinking, shy, trembly, unassertive), безрогий (antlerless, hornless, hummel), покорный (acquiescent, obedient, resigned, submissive, tame). (various references) | |
Scottish | umhal (obedient), lùb (bend, consent, incline, loop, noose, snare, stoop, yield), ìslich (become low, bring low, subside), ìosal (abject; also : ìseal, low). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sniziti (abate, demote, knock down, lower), smeran (meek, sober minded, submissive), skroman (diffident, douce, frugal, modest, retiring, self-effacing, unassuming, unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious), poniziti (abase, debase, degrade, demean, downgrade, humiliate, mortify), ponizan (abject, lowly), pokoran (amenable, conformable, malleable, manageable, meek, obedient, servile, submissive, subservient, tractable). (various references) | |
Spanish | humilde (low, lower, lowly, mean, poor, self-effacing, small), humillar (abase, abash, derogate, humiliate, lay low, lower, mortify, pull down, put down). (various references) | |
Swedish | underdånig (courtly, obsequious, subservient), ringa (call, chime, clang, dial, exiguous, insubstantial, little, low, lowly, modest, peal, petty, ring, scant, scanty, slight, small, telephone, toll, trifling), förödmjuka (abase, do down, humiliate, mortify), ödmjuk (lowly, meek). (various references) | |
Tagalog | mabábang-loób. (various references) | |
Thai | สมถะ, ยากจน (necessitous). (various references) | |
Turkish | alçakgönüllü (decent, demiss, frugal, hat in hand, low, lowly, meek, meek-spirited, modest, pudent, simple, simple minded, simple-hearted, submissive, unassuming, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tьrkana.Turkmen/English Dictionary 93. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | упокорювати, скромний (bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, decent, demure, discreet, lowly, maidenlike, maidenly, modest, nice, quiet, retiring, sedate, simple, spare, unobtrusive), соромливий (bashful, blushful, blushing, chary, coy, ovine, pudent, self conscious, self-effacing, shamefaced, shy, timid, trembly, willyard), раболіпний (ancillary, creepy, obsequious, servile, slavish, sneaky, subservient), осоромлювати, принижувати (belittle, невимушенІсть [f], deject, demean, derogate, detract, humiliate, lower, mortify, slur, snub, spite, vilify), покірливий. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phải nhận lỗi; chịu nhục, nhún nhường khúm núm thấp kém, khiêm tốn (modest, unassuming, unobstrusive, unpresuming, unpresumptuous, unpretending, unpretentious), địa vị xã hôi. (various references) | |
Welsh | ufyll (meek), ufudd (obedient), isel (base, depressed, low), gostyngedig, gostwng (abase, abate, bow, lower, put down, reduce), difalch, darostwng (abase, humiliate, lower, subdue, subject). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abicere, abiciam, abiciamus, abicias, abiciat, abicient, abicientes, abiciet, abicietur, abicio, abicis, abicit, abicite, abicitis, abicitur, abiecerat, abiecerint, abiecerunt, abieci, abiecisset, abiecisti, abiecit, abiecta, abiectae, abiectam, abiecti, abiectum, abiectus, Bombus, breve, brevem, breves, brevi, brevis, depresserant, deprime, deprimebant, deprimentes, deprimentium, deprimeris, dimissa, dimissam, dimissi, dimissis, dimisso, dimissum, dimissus, humile, humilem, humiles, humili, humilia, humiliabam, humiliaberis, humiliabis, humiliabit, humiliabitur, humiliabo, humiliabuntur, humiliamini, humiliando, humilians, humiliant, humiliantis, humiliare, humiliarer, humiliaret, humiliari, humiliassem, humiliasti, humiliat, humiliata, humiliati, humiliatique, humiliato, humiliatum, humiliatus, humiliatusque, humiliaverat, humiliaverit, humiliaverunt, humiliavi, humiliavimus, humiliavit, humilibus, humiliemus, humilieris, humiliet, humilietis, humilior, humiliora, humiliorem, humiliores, humilis, humilium, humillima. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | eadmod. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | nombles. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 29, Verse 23 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Superbum sequitur humilitas et humilem spiritu suscipiet gloria |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The proude man lounesse folewith; and the meke man in spirit glorie shal resceyue. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A man's pride will be the cause of his fall, but he who has a gentle spirit will get honour. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 29, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang kagarbo sa tawo makapahimo kaniyang ubos; Apan kadtong mapinaubsanon a espiritu makabaton ug kadungganan. |
| Croatian | Oholost ponizuje èovjeka, a ponizan duhom postiže èasti. |
| Danish | Et Menneskes Hovmod ydmyger ham, den ydmyge opnår Ære. |
| Dutch | De hoogmoed des mensen zal hem vernederen; maar de nederige van geest zal de eer vasthouden. |
| Finnish | Ihmisen alentaa hänen oma ylpeytensä, mutta alavamielinen saa kunnian. |
| French | L`orgueil d`un homme l`abaisse, Mais celui qui est humble d`esprit obtient la gloire. |
| German | Die Hoffart des Menschen wird ihn stürzen; aber der Demütige wird Ehre empfangen. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Awogans fè moun pèdi pye. Men, y'ap respekte moun ki soumèt devan Bondye. |
| Hungarian | Az embernek kevélysége megalázza õt; az alázatos pedig tisztességet nyer. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang angkuh akan direndahkan; orang yang rendah hati akan dipuji. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa congkak itu merendahkan orang, tetapi orang yang rendah hatinya itu berpegang akan kemuliaan. |
| Italian | L'orgoglio dell'uomo ne provoca l'umiliazione, l'umile di cuore ottiene onori. |
| Maori | ¶ Ka whakaititia iho te tangata e tona whakapehapeha: ka whai honore ia te tangata ngakau papaku. |
| Norwegian | Et menneskes stolthet fører ham til fall, men den ydmyke vinner ære. |
| Portuguese | A soberba do homem o abaterá; mas o humilde de espírito obterá honra. |
| Rumanian | Mkndria unui om kl scoboarq, dar cine este smerit cu duhul capqtq cinste. - |
| Russian | зПТДПУФШ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ ХОЙЦБЕФ ЕЗП, Б УНЙТЕООЩК ДХИПН РТЙПВТЕФБЕФ ЮЕУФШ. |
| Spanish | La soberbia del hombre lo abate, pero al humilde de espíritu le sustenta la honra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "humble": humbled, humbleness, humblenesses, humbler, humblers, humbles, humblest. (additional references) | |
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"Humble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cumble, dumble, Haimbe, hammle, homble, homile, honbl, hubbel, hubble, Hublet, Hubley, humbl, humbley, humil, humile, numble, thumble, umble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "humble" (pronounced hu"mbul) |
| 5 | -u" m b u l | Bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, stumble, jumble, mumble, rumble, tumble, umbel. |
| 4 | -m b u l | amble, assemble, bramble, cymbal, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, gamble, symbol, nimble, preamble, ramble, reassemble, resemble, scramble, shamble, thimble, tremble, unscramble, wamble. |
| 3 | -b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, able, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, breakable, bubble, buildable, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gable, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tunable, turntable, typeable, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-l-m-u" | |
-1 letter: blume, umbel. | |
-2 letters: blue, buhl, helm, lube, mule. | |
-3 letters: bel, bum, elm, emu, hem, hub, hue, hum, leu, lum, mel. | |
-4 letters: be, eh, el, em, he, hm, me, mu, uh, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-l-m-u" | |
+1 letter: humbled, humbler, humbles. | |
+2 letters: humblers, humblest, hummable. | |
+3 letters: homebuilt, thumbhole. | |
+4 letters: ethambutol, humbleness, thimbleful, thumbholes, thumbwheel. | |
+5 letters: blasphemous, ethambutols, thimblefuls, thumbwheels, unblemished, unmatchable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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