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      humble
      noun
      (Baltimore, slang) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
      A small town in Langeland municipality, island of Langeland, southern Denmark.
      An unincorporated community in Russell County, Kentucky, United States.
      A city in Harris County, Texas, United States, the former home of Humble Oil.
      A surname.
      A place name:
      (Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel. [(Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) A stag that has failed to grow antlers; a cow that has not developed horns.]
      verb
      (transitive, often reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
      (ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.
      (transitive) Alternative form of hummel. [(transitive) Of an animal: to remove the horns; to poll.]
      (intransitive, chiefly obsolete) To hum.
      adjective
      Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
      Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
      Roots
      humushum- · Latin · ground, earth
      Synonyms for humble
      modestadjlowlyadjhumblestadjunassumingadjabasevmeekadjunpretentiousadjunpretendingadjhumiliatevunostentatiousadjsmalladjunpresumptuousadjunimposingadjsubmissiveadjrespectfuladjlowadjdeferentialadjmortifyvobedientadj
      Words related to humble
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