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HUMBLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subdued or brought low in condition or status
Example:
his broken spirit
Synonyms:
broken; crushed; humbled; humiliated; low
Classified under:
Similar:
humble (marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb humble
Context examples:
Not that I humbled myself by a slavish notion of inferiority: on the contrary, I just said—You have nothing to do with the master of Thornfield, further than to receive the salary he gives you for teaching his protegee, and to be grateful for such respectful and kind treatment as, if you do your duty, you have a right to expect at his hands.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She was disturbed by no fear for her felicity, nor humbled by any remembrance of her misconduct.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Catherine, humbled and ashamed, was going to apologize for her question, but he prevented her by saying, Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff; there has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones, except The Monk; I read that t'other day; but as for all the others, they are the stupidest things in creation.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Most grievously was she humbled.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
