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humble
adjective as in meek, unassuming
Strongest matches
courteous, gentle, modest, ordinary, polite, quiet, respectful, self-effacing, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, tentative, timid, unpretentious
Weak matches
apprehensive, backward, bashful, biddable, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, obsequious, reverential, self-conscious, servile, standoffish, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, timorous, tractable, unambitious, unobtrusive, unostentatious
adjective as in poor, inferior
Strongest matches
modest, obscure, ordinary, simple, unassuming, unpretentious
Weak matches
beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inglorious, insignificant, little, low-born, low-ranking, lowly, meager, measly, menial, miserable, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, proletarian, puny, scrubby, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, small, sordid, trivial, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unimportant, unrefined, vulgar, wretched
verb as in shame, put down
Example Sentences
"It wouldn't need much for this to work," he added, saying, however, that parties needed to be more humble and "to cast some egos aside".
“I lost my way. I got lost in my journey. Lost in the drugs and the excess. My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core.”
“Cuauhtémoc is collegial, he’s humble and he’s kind. Frankly, because it’s not the norm, it makes him stand out.”
"My downfall was rooted in my selfishness. I have been humbled and broken to my core."
He also spoke about how his "emotions" nearly got the better of him during the "humbling" final gig at Villa Park in early July.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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