humble

humble

humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)

1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

   Here, take this purse, thou whom the heavens 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-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.

   Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. Ch 5: v. 6.

humble (comparative humbler, superlative humblest)

1. Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

   Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.

2. Thinking lowly of ones self; claiming little for ones self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

   God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6.

   She should be humble who would please. -Prior.

   Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. -Washington.

	umile
	near the ground
	thinking lowly of one's self

	modesto
	near the ground
	thinking lowly of one's self

	sminuire
	to bring low etc.

abbassare

avvilire

delicato

oscuro

rendere più basso

timido

umiliare

Altri significati:

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

lowly (position)

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.

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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