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• “This experience will humble him“

• “hurt the pride of“
• “He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss“

Synonyms

• humiliate cause to feel shame
• mortify practice self-denial of one’s body and appetites ; hold within limits and control; cause to feel shame; undergo necrosis
• chagrin cause to feel shame; strong feelings of embarrassment
• abase cause to feel shame

• “a humble cottage“
• “a lowly parish priest“
• “a modest man of the people“
• “small beginnings“

Synonyms

• low in a low position; make a low noise, characteristic of bovines ; an air mass of lower pressure; British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963) ; a low level or position or degree; the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; literal meanings; very low in volume; unrefined in character; used of sounds and voices; of the most contemptible kind; low or inferior in station or quality; no longer sufficient; subdued or brought low in condition or status; filled with melancholy and despondency
• lowly low or inferior in station or quality; inferior in rank or status; used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) ; of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense)
• modest marked by simplicity; not large but sufficient in size or amount; free from pomp or affectation; not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance; low or inferior in station or quality; humble in spirit or manner; relatively moderate, limited, or small
• small on a small scale; the slender part of the back ; a garment size for a small person ; limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; relatively moderate, limited, or small; (of children and animals) young, immature; slight or limited; low or inferior in station or quality; lowercase; (of a voice) faint; have fine or very small constituent particles; not large but sufficient in size or amount; made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• “not arrogant or prideful“
• “a humble apology“
• “essentially humble…and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions- B.K.Malinowski“

Synonyms

• menial used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) ; a domestic servant
• lowly low or inferior in station or quality; inferior in rank or status; used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) ; of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense)

• “baseborn wretches with dirty faces“
• “of humble (or lowly) birth“

Synonyms

• base use as a basis for; situate as a center of operations; use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes ; serving as or forming a base; of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense); (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; not adhering to ethical or moral principles; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; illegitimate ; debased; installation from which a military force initiates operations; lowest support of a structure; a place that the runner must touch before scoring; the bottom or lowest part; (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; a lower limit; the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; a support or foundation; a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; the most important or necessary part of something; (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end ; a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the principal ingredient of a mixture; a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
• baseborn of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense); illegitimate
• lowly low or inferior in station or quality; inferior in rank or status; used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) ; of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense)