humble oneself

VERB

confess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acknowledge assert blurt out concede confide declare disclose divulge profess prove recognize relate reveal

STRONG

affirm allow attest aver avow blow chirp evince finger fink grant leak manifest narrate own post sing snitch squeal unload vent

WEAK

clue in come clean come out dump on let on level with make clean breast of open one's heart own up rat on sound off spill the beans spit out tip hand weasel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal contradict deny disavow hide keep refuse reject repudiate secrete suppress

STRONG

condemn veto withhold

WEAK

disown mask

VERB

descend

Synonyms

STRONGEST

degenerate deteriorate

STRONG

concede patronize stoop

WEAK

abase oneself lower oneself

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop improve

WEAK

ascend go up increase rise

VERB

grovel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beseech fawn

STRONG

beg blandish bootlick brown-nose court cower crawl creep cringe crouch flatter humor implore kneel kowtow pamper prostrate revere snivel soft-soap stoop truckle wheedle

WEAK

apple-polish beg for mercy bow and scrape butter up cater to eat crow eat dirt eat humble pie fall all over kiss one's feet make much of make up to play up to suck up to

Antonyms

STRONG

ignore

WEAK

boast

Example Sentences

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Come, one must humble oneself, see things in proportion.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire

Lime, Dec. 23, 1855.—I have found such a true observation in 'Heartsease'—'One must humble oneself in the dust and crawl under the archway before one can enter the beautiful palace.'

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

What can one do except to humble oneself before such a spirit of self-sacrifice?

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott

V. be humble &c. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

humble oneself

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