humble
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to be unpretentious
This experience will humble him
Types & categories
Sense 2 adjective
low or inferior in station or quality
a humble cottage
Related & opposite
- lowness derivation
- obscureness derivation
- inferior similar to
Sense 3 verb
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- abasement derivation
- humiliation derivation
- mortification derivation
- humiliation derivation
Sense 4 adjective
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
a humble apology
Related & opposite
Sense 5 adjective
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Related & opposite
- unskilled similar to
Sense 6 adjective
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
baseborn wretches with dirty faces
Related & opposite
- obscureness derivation
- lowborn similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | efface |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lowness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscureness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inferior |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | abasement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humiliation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortification |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | humiliation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | spite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demolish |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | demean |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | modest |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | proud |
| 4 | attribute | Related & opposite | humility |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | humility |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | humiliated |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | meek |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | unskilled |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | obscureness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | lowborn |