English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
source: Webster 1913
- Hornless. See Hummel.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- low or inferior in station or quality
A humble cottage.
A lowly parish priest.
A modest man of the people.
Small beginnings.
source: WordNet 3.0
- used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
source: WordNet 3.0
- of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Baseborn wretches with dirty faces.
Of humble (or lowly) birth.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- cause to be unpretentious
This experience will humble him.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [jámbl] Mababang loob; mapagpakumbabâ
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [jámbl] Magpangayupapà; humiya
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
