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humbled

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 M B AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

humiliated; weakened; made to be of a lower status

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1656 The Humbled Sinner Resolved what He Should Do to be Saved, title of book by Obadiah Sedgwick
  • Shakespeare's As You Like It, Act III, Scene V. "The common executioner, Whose heart the accustom'd sight of death makes hard, Falls not the axe upon the humbled neck But first begs pardon: will you sterner be Than he that dies and lives by bloody drops?"

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of humble

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Synonyms: none provided

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5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

subdued or brought low in condition or status

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • brought low
  • a broken man
  • his broken spirit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: broken, crushed, humiliated, low

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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