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What does humble mean?

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  1. not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.  

    2. having a feeling of insignificance, inferiority, subservience, etc.: In the presence of so many world-famous writers I felt very humble.  

    3. low in rank, importance, status, quality, etc.; lowly: of humble origin; a humble home.  

    4. courteously respectful: In my humble opinion you are wrong.  

    5. low in height, level, etc.; small in size: a humble member of the galaxy


  2. A sincere attitude and spirit, of placing all others before yourself, with a spirit of submission and lack of self hierarchy.

  3. It means you don't think big of yourself. You see your faults and know your limits. You understand that you are the same, in essence, as everyone else.  

  4. humble

    ▶  adjective

        her bearing was humble: MEEK, deferential, respectful, submissive, self-effacing, unassertive; unpresuming, modest, unassuming, self-deprecating; Scottish mim.

        a humble background: LOWLY, working-class, lower-class, poor, undistinguished, mean, ignoble, low-born; common, ordinary, simple, inferior, unremarkable, insignificant, inconsequential; informal plebby.

        my humble abode: MODEST, plain, simple, ordinary, unostentatious, unpretentious.



    proud, noble, grand.

    ▶  verb

        he humbled himself to ask for help: HUMILIATE, abase, demean, lower, degrade, debase; mortify, shame, eat humble pie; take someone down a peg or two; informal cut down to size, settle someone's hash; N. Amer. informal make someone eat crow.

        Wales were humbled by Romania: DEFEAT, beat, trounce, rout, overwhelm, get the better of, bring to one's knees; informal l**k, clobber, slaughter, massacre, crucify, walk all over; N. Amer. informal shellac, cream.  

  5. OMG you really are a dumb blonde gosh!LOL
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