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humble

/ˈhʌmb(ə)l/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈhʌmb(ə)l/

humble

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

hum - ble -> humble

Myanmar meaning

(adj) နှီမ့်ချသော။ (vt) နှိမ့်ချသည်။

Full entry

humble /'hʌmbl/ adj (-r /-blǝ(r)/ , -st /-blÇst/)

၁။ နှိမ့်ချမှုရှိသော။ ထောင်လွှားမှုမရှိသော။ Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes. ❍ my humble tribute to this great man.
၂။ အောက်ခြေ။ အညတရ။ men of humble birth/origin ❍ a humble occupation ❍ It affects all policemen, from the humblest traffic cop to the head of a serious crime squad.
၃။ အညတရ။ သာမည။ It has grown from humble beginnings to become a multi-national company. ❍ The humble potato is one of nature's most precious gifts.
v
၁။ မာန်စွယ်ချိုးသည်။ ချွတ်သည်။ ချိုးသည်။ a humbling experience ❍ His resentful colleagues long to see him humbled.
၂။ (esp sport ) (esp passive) (ဗန်း) နှိပ်လွှတ်သည်။ The champion was humbled by a little-known outsider. See also HUMILITY
❏ humbly /'hʌmbli/ adv ဆင်းဆင်းရဲရဲ။ ကျိုးကျိုးနွံနွံ။ ခြေသုတ်ပုဆိုးမြွေစွယ်ကျိုးသို့။ live humbly ❍ be humbly born ❍ ‘Sorry. ’ she said humbly.

More examples

[humble beginnings/origins/background] : He had risen from humble origins to amass immense wealth.
I’m just a humble receptionist.
He was a genuinely humble man.
A humble apology
They lived in a humble two-roomed flat.
The humble potato is the most versatile vegetable in the supermarket.

Synonyms

modest, unassuming, retiring, meek, self-effacing, abase, abash, apprehensive, backward, base, bashful, beggarly, bemean, biddable, blushing, break, bring down, bring down a peg, cast down, chagrin, chasten, common, commonplace, confound, confuse, contemptible, content, courteous, crush, cut to the quick, debase, deferential, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, demure, deny, diffident, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, docile, embarrass, fearful, force to eat humble pie, gentle, hesitant, hide, humdrum, humiliate, ignoble, inferior, inglorious, insignificant, little, low, low-born, low-ranking, lower, lowly, make eat dirt, make one feel small, manageable, meager, mean, measly, menial, mild, miserable, mortify, obliging, obscure, obsequious, ordinary, overcome, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, polite, poor, pop one's balloon, proletarian, pull down, puny, put away, put down, put one away, put someone in their place, put to shame, quiet, reduce, reserved, respectful, reverential, rough, scrubby, sedate, seemly, self-conscious, servile, severe, shabby, shame, sheepish, shy, silence, simple, sink, small, snub, soft-spoken, sordid, squash, squelch, standoffish, strike dumb, subdue, submissive, subservient, supplicatory, take down, take down a peg, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, trivial, unambitious, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unfit, unimportant, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious, unrefined, upset, vulgar, withdrawn, wretched

Antonyms

agree, allow, arrogant, assertive, boasting, bold, boost, brave, brazen, build up, clarify, clear up, comfort, complex, complicated, compliment, conceited, delight, discourteous, egotistical, elevate, encourage, enhance, enlighten, exalt, explain, extraordinary, extroverted, friendly, glorify, grow, help, honest, honor, impolite, improve, increase, insolent, intricate, laud, lose, loud, luxurious, make happy, moral, nice, noble, open, order, outgoing, paternalism, patronizing, please, polite, praise, presumptuous, pretentious, privileged, promote, proud, raise, release, rich, rise, rude, showy, sociable, strengthen, superior, surrender, troubled, unashamed, uncivil, unmannerly, unrefined, upgrade, upset, yield

Cross references

modest unassuming retiring meek self-effacing abase abash apprehensive backward base bashful beggarly bemean biddable blushing break bring down bring down a peg cast down chagrin chasten common commonplace confound confuse contemptible content courteous

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