Meaning

3 senses
  1. Humiliated; weakened; made to be of a lower status

    1656 The Humbled Sinner Resolved what He Should Do to be Saved, title of book by Obadiah Sedgwick

  2. (proscribed)(usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.

  3. Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness

More definitions
  • subdued or brought low in condition or status

Forms

more humbled, most humbled
Comparativemore humbled Lesson
Superlativemost humbled Lesson

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
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Word family

1 related words
Derivedunhumbled

See also

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