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A person or a place can be humble, but a person who brags about being humble, or not proud, may have too much pride in being "humble" to actually be humble.

Sometimes fictional characters try to earn favor by saying "I'm just a humble man in search of...," when it is obvious they are the opposite. Truly humble people keep quiet about the good things they do and about their humble, or poor and simple, backgrounds. In the Bible, Jesus is described as humble because he was born in a stable, served the poor, and sacrificed himself without bragging about it — and he gave all the credit to his dad.

DEFINITIONS OF: humble

adj 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"- B.K.Malinowski”

Synonyms: modest
marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
subdued or brought low in condition or status; meek, mild, modest
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

Antonyms:: proud
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; immodest
having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc; arrogant, chesty, self-important
having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; beaming
pleased and proud; big, swelled, vainglorious
feeling self-importance; bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish
(used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing
exhibiting self-importance; dignified, self-respectful, self-respecting
having or showing self-esteem; disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; house-proud
proud of your house or its furnishings or upkeep; overproud
excessively proud; pleased, proud of
feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth; purse-proud
proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction); shabby-genteel
trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness; show more antonyms...

adj of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

“of humble (or lowly) birth”

Synonyms:: base, baseborn, lowly

: lowborn
of humble birth or origins

adj low or inferior in station or quality

“a humble cottage”

Synonyms:: low, lowly, modest, small

: inferior
of or characteristic of low rank or importance

adj used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Synonyms:: lowly, menial

: unskilled
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency

v cause to be unpretentious

“This experience will humble him”

Types:: efface
make inconspicuous

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

v cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

Synonyms:: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; crush, demolish, smash
humiliate or depress completely; degrade, demean, disgrace, put down, take down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; reduce
lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation; dehumanise, dehumanize
deprive of human qualities

Type of:: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
hurt the feelings of

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