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als bijvoeglijk naamwoord: - 1
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humble
werkwoord
1 humble
Cause to be unpretentious.
Nederlands: verootmoedigen
2 humble
Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.
synoniemen: abase, chagrin, humiliate, mortify.
Roget 879:
be humble
etc.
adj.;
deign,
vouchsafe,
condescend;
humble oneself,
demean oneself;
stoop,
stoop to conquer;
carry coals;
submit
etc.
725;
submit with a good grace
etc.
(brook)
826;
yield the palm.
lower one's tone,
lower one's note;
sing small,
draw in one's horns,
sober down;
hide one's face,
hide one's diminished head;
not dare to show one's face,
take shame to oneself,
not have a word to say for oneself;
feel shame,
be conscious of shame,
feel disgrace,
be conscious of disgrace;
drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs.
blush for,
blush up to the eves;
redden,
change color;
color up;
hang one's head,
look foolish,
feel small.
render humble;
humble,
humiliate;
let down,
set down,
take down,
tread down,
frown down;
snub,
abash,
abase,
make one sing small,
strike dumb;
teach one his distance;
put down,
take down a peg,
take down a peg lower;
throw into the shade,
cast into the shade
etc.
874;
stare out of countenance,
put out of countenance;
put to the blush;
confuse,
ashame†,
mortify,
disgrace,
crush;
send away with a flea in one's ear.
get a setdown†.
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Nederlands: strijken, deemoedigen, neerhalen, humiliëren, kleineren, omlaaghalen, vernederen
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 humble
Low or inferior in station or quality:
— A humble cottage.
synoniemen: low, lowly, modest, small.
Roget 879:
humble,
lowly,
meek;
modest
etc.
881;
humble minded,
sober-minded;
unoffended†;
submissive
etc.
725;
servile,
etc.
886.
condescending;
affable
etc.
(courteous)
891.
humbled
etc.
v.;
bowed down,
resigned;
abashed,
ashamed,
dashed;
out of countenance;
down in the mouth;
down on one's knees,
down on one's marrowbones,
down on one's uppers;
humbled in the dust,
browbeaten;
chapfallen†,
crestfallen;
dumfoundered†.
flabbergasted.
shorn of one's glory
etc.
(disrepute)
874.
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Roget 881:
modest,
diffident;
humble
etc.
879;
timid,
timorous,
bashful;
shy,
nervous,
skittish,
coy,
sheepish,
shamefaced,
blushing,
overmodest.
unpretending†,
unpretentious;
unobtrusive,
unassuming,
unostentatious,
unboastful†,
unaspiring;
poor in spirit.
out of countenance
etc.
(humbled)
879.
reserved,
constrained,
demure.
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Roget 987:
pious,
religious,
devout,
devoted,
reverent,
godly,
heavenly-minded,
humble,
pure,
holy,
spiritual,
pietistic;
saintly,
saint-like;
seraphic,
sacred,
solemn.
believing,
faithful,
Christian,
Catholic.
elected,
adopted,
justified,
sanctified,
regenerated,
inspired,
consecrated,
converted,
unearthly,
not of the earth.
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Roget 725:
surrendering
etc.
v.;
submissive,
resigned,
crouching;
downtrodden;
down on one's marrow bones;
on one's bended knee;
unresistant,
unresisting,
nonresisting;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
undefended.
untenable,
indefensible;
humble
etc.
879.
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2 humble
Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful.
Pools: korny, pokorny
3 humble
Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work).
synoniemen: lowly, menial.
4 humble
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense):
— Of humble (or lowly) birth.
synoniemen: base, baseborn, lowly.
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