Synonyms for humbleness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : huhm-buhl, uhm-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm-

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Définition of humbleness

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French humble, earlier humele, from Latin humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth." Senses of "not self-asserting" and "of low birth or rank" were both in Middle English Related: Humbly; humbleness.
Don't be so humble; you're not that great. [Golda Meir]
To eat humble pie (1830) is from umble pie (1640s), pie made from umbles "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of humble was not pronounced then) converged in the pun. Umbles, meanwhile, is Middle English numbles "offal" (with loss of n- through assimilation into preceding article).

noun modesty

Example sentences :

In all humbleness and awe, you are a dweller of the Silent Places.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

Ay, justice and mercy and humbleness—not paternosters and penances.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

A word from her, and the men before him dropped in humbleness to the ground.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

They are docile, cleanly, quick-witted, and respectful to humbleness.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 » by Various

So far as humbleness was concerned, there was no lack of that.
Extract from : « The Cold Snap » by Edward Bellamy

I knew the state of Spain well, his weakness, his poorness, his humbleness at this time.
Extract from : « Raleigh » by Edmund Gosse

Since then, she had eaten the pie of humbleness to the last crumb.
Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart

Yours serfdom, awe and humbleness: ours thunder and the seas.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

The humbleness of her birth prevented her from raising her eyes to a throne.
Extract from : « Their Majesties as I Knew Them » by Xavier Paoli

There was only humbleness left, and respect for wild things.
Extract from : « Phantom of the Forest » by Lee Francis

Antonyms for humbleness

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