humble

humble

1. nöyrä, vaatimaton

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humble

alhaissukuinen, alempiarvoinen, alhainen, halpa-arvoinen, vähäpätöinen, vaatimaton, yksinkertainen, ala-arvoinen, ammattitaidoton, kömpelö, taitamaton, koruton, pieni.

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Englannin sanakirja

humble (englanti > suomi)

1. vaatimaton

2. vaatimaton, nöyrä

3. to humiliate nöyryyttää

humble englanniksi

1. not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming

He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.

Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley.

2. Thinking lowly of oneself; claiming little for oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

3. {{quote-journal

God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6.

She should be humble who would please. -Prior.

Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation. -Washington.

4. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

Here, take this purse, thou whom the heavens plagues have humbled to all strokes.'' -Shak.

The genius which humbled six marshals of France. -Macaulay.

5. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. 1 Pet. Ch 5: v. 6.

6. hornless.

humble cattle

7. English humble

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