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humble 2, verb (oh)



2 v
be humbled
if you are humbled, you realize that you are not as important, good, kind etc as you thought you were
ĦĦYou can't help but be humbled when you enter this cathedral.
[T] to easily defeat someone who is much stronger than you are
ĦĦThe mighty U.S. army was humbled by a small South East Asian country.
humble yourself
to show that you are not too proud to ask for something, admit you are wrong etc
ĦĦI knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help.
-- humbling adj
ĦĦa humbling experience