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🙇 Modest or lowly 🥧 Animal organs ⬇️ To humble
to umble

to umble

9.9
To make someone feel less important or lower in social position
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : humillar
  • The ceremony was designed to umble those who had grown too proud of their achievements.

Examples

  • In old tales, wise teachers would umble arrogant students to teach them humility.

  • The conquerors sought to umble the proud ruler after capturing his capital city.

  • The manager humbled the arrogant employee during the meeting.

  • You should not humble others to feel superior.

  • The teacher aimed to umble the overconfident student by pointing out his mistakes during the presentation.

  • In the contest, the judges decided to umble the proud contestants to remind them that humility is essential.

  • The coach's approach was to umble the star player, emphasizing teamwork over individual glory.

Synonyms

to humiliate
vsto umble
  • Offensive
414 6.1

Make someone feel very ashamed and foolish, often in front of others

covers reducing esteem generally rather than public shaming specifically
to diminish
vsto umble
89 4.7

Make a person or thing seem less important

stresses personal lowering of dignity rather than wider reputation effects
to humble
vsto umble
58 5.3

To make someone feel less proud or important

is the same idea but presented with a slightly different form
to demean
vsto umble
53 6.8

To make someone feel less respected or important

focuses on reducing importance without stressing the act type
to belittle
vsto umble
45 5.0

To make someone or something seem not important

centres on lowering personal worth rather than merely criticizing value
to abase
vsto umble
  • Formal
1 8.6

To make someone feel ashamed or lose respect for themselves

expresses loss of status without necessarily causing deep degradation
to derogate
vsto umble
1 8.4

Say or do things that make someone seem less respected

is broader, applying to lowering dignity beyond just speech or action

Antonyms

to promote
182 2.9

Give someone a higher job or rank

to elevate
  • Formal
52 4.4

To give someone a higher job or rank

How Humiliated

to humiliate
  • Offensive
414 6.1
to umble
  • Archaic
9.9
to degrade
55 5.1
to embarrass
642 2.1
to slight
  • Offensive
12 6.1

Surface Forms

umble infinitive
humbling present participle
umbles third person singular
humbled past
humbled past participle

Etymology

As a verb, umble meant 'to humble' or to make someone feel less important, which you can remember from the idea of forcing someone to 'eat humble pie' — so the verb links directly to reducing a person's rank or pride.