humbled
/hˈʌmbəld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.26 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
humiliated; weakened; made to be of a lower status
adj
(usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.
verb
simple past and past participle of humble
Example Sentences
- ""Too oft my anxious eye has spied That secret grief thou fain wouldst hide, The passing pang of humbled pride;""
- "1656 The Humbled Sinner Resolved what He Should Do to be Saved, title of book by Obadiah Sedgwick"
- ""I have, therefore, no resentment against the humbled House of Perevil—nay, I have regard to it in its depression.""
- "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?""
- "JJ: Are you humbled by such positive reactions from such a wide spectrum of people, from George A Romero to Harry Knowles? SP: Absolutely. Yeah, it's wonderful. ... We're very humbled and very pleased."
- "We are humbled by the responsibility the American people have placed with us, but this is not a time for celebration."
Inflected Forms
more humbled (comparative)
most humbled (superlative)