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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Humbling.]
1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
[1913 Webster]
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
plagues
Have humbled to all strokes. --Shak.
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The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
--Macaulay.
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2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you. --1 Pet. v. 6.
Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
degrade.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Humbling.]
1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or
exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's
plagues Have humbled to all strokes. --Shak.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
--Macaulay.
2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or
arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make
meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you. --1 Pet. v. 6.
Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace;
degrade.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
humbling
adj : causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling
game" [syn: demeaning, humiliating, mortifying]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
humbling
Αγγλικά a.
1 που επιφέρει-προκαλεί ταπεινοφροσύνη
2 εξευτελιστικός, ταπεινωτικός
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
humbling
a.
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling
of inferiority.
n.
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
vb.
(present participle of en humble nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
humbling
a.
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling
of inferiority.
n.
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
vb.
(present participle of en humble nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
humbling
a.
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling
of inferiority.
n.
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
vb.
(present participle of en humble nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
humbling
a.
Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling
of inferiority.
n.
An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
vb.
(present participle of en humble nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
humbling
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm h umbl ing e)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Humbling /hˈʌmblɪŋ/ الإذلالFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
humbling /hˈʌmblɪŋ/ demütig stimmend, mit Demut erfüllendFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]Note: Sache Note: of a thing
/ˈhəmbəɫɪŋ/, /ˈhəmbɫɪŋ/