Thesaurus / humble
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Like people, sometimes you can have an exceptional storm arise from very humble origins.
WHAT’S BEHIND AUGUST 2020’S EXTREME WEATHER? CLIMATE CHANGE AND BAD LUCKCAROLYN GRAMLINGAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWSA humble microchip in the early 1960s would have boasted a handful of transistors.
MOORE’S LAW LIVES: INTEL SAYS CHIPS WILL PACK 50 TIMES MORE TRANSISTORSJASON DORRIERAUGUST 23, 2020SINGULARITY HUB They’re not the only ones trying to boost the functionality of the humble brick.
SCIENTISTS FOUND A WAY TO TURN BRICKS INTO BATTERIESEDD GENTAUGUST 17, 2020SINGULARITY HUB These ad units are much less annoying than other video types, but they’re also cost-effective tools that drive upper-funnel and bottom-funnel goals for companies with humble ad budgets.
HOTTEST USER-CENTRIC VIDEO ADVERTISING TRENDS OF 2020: CTV, VERTICAL, AND SOCIAL FORMATSIVAN GUZENKOJUNE 12, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHDespite its humble beginnings, Urban Dictionary has made quite a name for itself and continues to grow, with new entries every day.
‘URBAN DICTIONARY’ GIVES A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO SOME CHOICE WORDSTRUTHBETOLDNOVEMBER 12, 2019TRUTHBETOLD.NEWSSick, trembling, her beautiful face humble and tearful enough now, she bent it on his shoulder in a shower of bitter tears.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThis man by hard, manual labor makes only enough to pay for humble shelter and plain food.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKHe at once bowed himself to the ground in gratitude, and in words of the most humble sort returned his thanks.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEIn my humble opinion the Railway Commissioners have done much useful work and done it well.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWHe was a weaver in humble life till his self-acquired attainments attracted patronage.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWORDS RELATED TO HUMBLE
- abject
- abominable
- cheap
- coarse
- common
- contemptible
- corrupt
- depraved
- despicable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- foul
- grovelling
- humble
- ignoble
- immoral
- indelicate
- loathsome
- lowly
- mean
- menial
- offensive
- paltry
- pitiful
- plebeian
- poor
- scandalous
- servile
- shameful
- shoddy
- sleazy
- sordid
- sorry
- squalid
- trashy
- ugly
- unworthy
- vile
- worthless
- wretched
- abase
- admonish
- afflict
- berate
- call down
- castigate
- chastise
- chide
- cow
- curb
- discipline
- exprobate
- fulminate against
- have on the carpet
- humble
- objurgate
- penalize
- punish
- rake over the coals
- rebuke
- reprehend
- repress
- reprimand
- reproach
- reprove
- restrain
- scold
- scourge
- soften
- subdue
- take to task
- tame
- tongue-lash
- try
- upbraid
- abased
- admonished
- afflicted
- berated
- called down
- castigated
- chastised
- chided
- cowed
- curbed
- disciplined
- exprobated
- fulminate against
- had on the carpet
- humbled
- objurgated
- penalized
- punished
- raked over the coals
- rebuked
- reprehended
- repressed
- reprimanded
- reproached
- reproved
- restrained
- scolded
- scourged
- softened
- subdued
- tamed
- tongue-lashed
- took to task
- tried
- upbraided
- beat
- bring to knees
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clobber
- control
- cream
- crush
- discomfit
- drub
- foil
- frustrate
- get the better of
- humble
- lick
- master
- outwit
- overmaster
- overpower
- override
- overthrow
- prevail
- quell
- reduce
- rout
- shut down
- subdue
- subjugate
- succeed
- surmount
- throw
- thwart
- total
- trample underfoot
- trash
- triumph
- vanquish
- whip
- wipe off map
- worst
- zap
- beat
- brought to knees
- checkmated
- circumvented
- clobbered
- controlled
- creamed
- crushed
- discomfited
- drubbed
- foiled
- frustrated
- got the better of
- humbled
- licked
- mastered
- outwitted
- overmasted
- overpowered
- overrode
- overthrew
- prevailed
- quelled
- reduced
- routed
- shut down
- subdued
- subjugated
- succeeded
- surmounted
- threw
- thwarted
- totaled
- trample underfoot
- trashed
- triumphed
- vanquished
- whipped
- wiped off map
- worsted
- zapped
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