Antonyms for humblest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : huhm-buhl, uhm- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌm bəl, ˈʌm- |
- assertive
- boasting
- bold
- brave
- complex
- complicated
- conceited
- discourteous
- egotistical
- extraordinary
- extroverted
- friendly
- honest
- impolite
- insolent
- intricate
- loud
- luxurious
- moral
- nice
- noble
- outgoing
- polite
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- proud
- rich
- rude
- showy
- sociable
- superior
- troubled
- unashamed
- uncivil
- unmannerly
- unrefined
- upset
Definition of humblest
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).
- adj meek, unassuming
- adj poor, inferior
- A man likes to have the approval of even the humblest of his fellow-creatures.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- They would take off their hats, and make the humblest bows you ever saw.
- Extract from : « The Miraculous Pitcher » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The humblest may see a way of improvement in their betters, and obey the command, "Follow me."
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Occasionally, the brave and gentle character may be found under the humblest garb.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Only he had set her on high, where even the humblest woman longs to be set by some one.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Meg, at sixteen, had received so little from life that her expectations were of the humblest.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- Besides, your bravest sentiment is familiar to the humblest men.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- "Your humblest servant, madame," said he, his hand upon his heart.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- The humblest piece in which Tony played was a drama full of interest.
- Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
- He honored Gettysburg in thus honoring one of its humblest citizens.
- Extract from : « The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln » by Wayne Whipple
Synonyms for humblest
- apprehensive
- backward
- base
- bashful
- beggarly
- biddable
- blushing
- common
- commonplace
- contemptible
- content
- courteous
- deferential
- demure
- diffident
- docile
- fearful
- gentle
- hesitant
- humdrum
- ignoble
- inglorious
- insignificant
- little
- low
- low-born
- low-ranking
- lowly
- manageable
- meager
- mean
- measly
- menial
- mild
- miserable
- modest
- obliging
- obscure
- obsequious
- ordinary
- paltry
- petty
- pitiful
- plebeian
- polite
- proletarian
- puny
- quiet
- reserved
- respectful
- retiring
- reverential
- rough
- scrubby
- sedate
- seemly
- self-conscious
- self-effacing
- servile
- severe
- shabby
- sheepish
- shy
- simple
- small
- soft-spoken
- sordid
- standoffish
- submissive
- subservient
- supplicatory
- tentative
- timid
- timorous
- tractable
- trivial
- unambitious
- unassuming
- uncouth
- underprivileged
- undistinguished
- unfit
- unimportant
- unobtrusive
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unrefined
- vulgar
- withdrawn
- wretched
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