Antonyms for humbleness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : huhm-buhl, uhm- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm- |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for humbleness
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