humble | (adjective) marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful | - |
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(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality | Synonyms: low, lowly, modest, small |
(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: base, baseborn, lowly |
(adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) | Synonyms: lowly, menial |
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify |
(verb) cause to be unpretentious | - |
humblebee | (noun) robust hairy social bee of temperate regions | Synonyms: bumblebee |
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humbled | (adjective) subdued or brought low in condition or status | Synonyms: broken, crushed, humiliated, low |
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humbleness | (noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | Synonyms: humility |
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(noun) a humble feeling | Synonyms: humility |
(noun) the state of being humble and unimportant | Synonyms: lowliness, obscureness, unimportance |
humbling | (adjective) causing awareness of your shortcomings | Synonyms: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying |
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humbly | (adverb) in a humble manner | Synonyms: meekly |
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(adverb) in a miserly manner | Synonyms: meanly |
humbug | (noun) something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, put-on |
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(noun) pretentious or silly talk or writing | Synonyms: baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle |
(noun) communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive | Synonyms: snake oil |
(verb) trick or deceive | - |