Definisjon av Humble

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Verb

humble - cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
efface make inconspicuous; "efface oneself"
Humble - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase
spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to
demolish, crush, smash defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
demean, degrade, disgrace, take down, put down lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

Adjective

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
proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"
modest not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way"
humility, humbleness a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"
humbled, crushed, humiliated, low, broken treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance; "crushed velvet"
humble - low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
low, lowly, modest, small
inferior of or characteristic of low rank or importance
humble - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
menial, lowly
Humble - of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
base, baseborn, humble, lowly
lowborn of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor"
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Verb

Humble - To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
Humble - To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.

Adjektiv

Humble - Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
Humble - Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

Adjektiv - Gradbøying

  • Positiv: humble
  • Komparativ: humbler / more humble
  • Superlativ: humblest / most humble

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) humble
  • Presens: humble / humbles
  • Preteritum: humbled
  • Perfektum: (have) humbled

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