1. (

• humble ,

) cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" ;

2. (

• humiliate ,
• mortify ,
• chagrin ,
• humble ,
• abase

) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" ;

1. (

• humble ,
• low ,
• lowly ,
• modest ,
• small

) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" ;

2. (

• humble

) 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. (

• humble ,
• menial ,
• lowly

) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) ;

4. (

• base ,
• baseborn ,
• humble ,
• lowly

) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" ;