Meaning & Definition of Humble in English

1. Cause to be unpretentious

• "This experience will humble him"

2. Cause to feel shame

• Hurt the pride of

• "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

1. Low or inferior in station or quality

• "A humble cottage"

• "A lowly parish priest"

• "A modest man of the people"

• "Small beginnings"

2. 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. Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

4. Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• "Baseborn wretches with dirty faces"

• "Of humble (or lowly) birth"