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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
humble
1. cause to be unpretentious (Freq. 1) - This experience will humble him • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Hyponyms: efface • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody 2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of (Freq. 1) - He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss • Syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, abase • Derivationally related forms: abasement (for: abase), chagrin (for: chagrin), mortification (for: mortify), humiliation (for: humiliate) • Hypernyms: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite • Hyponyms: crush, smash, demolish, take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Sam cannot humble Sue
1. low or inferior in station or quality (Freq. 3) - a humble cottage - a lowly parish priest - a modest man of the people - small beginnings • Syn: low, lowly, modest, small • Similar to: inferior • Derivationally related forms: lowness (for: low), humbleness 2. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful (Freq. 1) - a humble apology - "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski • Ant: proud • Similar to: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low, meek, mild, modest • See Also: modest • Derivationally related forms: humbleness, humility • Attrubites: humility, humbleness 3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) • Syn: menial, lowly • Similar to: unskilled 4. of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense) - baseborn wretches with dirty faces - of humble (or lowly) birth • Syn: base, baseborn, lowly • Similar to: lowborn • Derivationally related forms: humbleness
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