adjective humbler, humblest
- having or showing a consciousness of one's defects or shortcomings; not proud; not self-assertive; modest
- low in condition, rank, or position; lowly; unpretentious: a humble home
Origin:
ME < OFr < L humilis, low, small, slight, akin to humus, soil, earth: see humus
transitive verb humbled, humbling
- to lower in condition, rank, or position; abase
- to lower in pride; make modest or humble in mind