Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: humbled
IPA transcription: [h'ʌmbəld]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
    Meaning: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
Usage examples
  • Humbled now, he sought the answer amid the ruins of his self-conceit.
  • Tony rejoined them somewhat short of breath, but leading a humbled Fidilini.
  • So, when the heart is stricken, and the head is humbled in the dust, civilization fails us utterly.
  • So I humbled my pride and asked Bridget to go for the milk, which she did, in a lofty way of her own.
  • The bricklayer asked her no more questions, but took down a broom and gave her such a beating that her pride was humbled a little.
  • "But whatso hap at the end of the world, Where Nothing is struck and sounds, It is not, by Thor, these monkish men These humbled Wessex hounds--
  • He fell to musing by what process it could come to pass, that he could be humbled before all of them, indiscriminately--humbled by conviction. And yet why not?