eng: humble

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Meaning
means	(verb) cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him" humble
means	(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" humble, humiliate, chagrin, abase, mortify
means	(adjective) low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" lowly, modest, low, humble, small
means	(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"- B.K.Malinowski humble
means	(adjective) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) lowly, menial, humble
means	(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" baseborn, lowly, humble, base