'Humbled' definitions:
Definition of 'humbled'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low]
Definition of 'Humbled'
From: GCIDE
- Humble \Hum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbling.]
- 1. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate. [1913 Webster]
- Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues Have humbled to all strokes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The genius which humbled six marshals of France. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively. [1913 Webster]
- Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you. --1 Pet. v. 6.
- Syn: To abase; lower; depress; humiliate; mortify; disgrace; degrade. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'humbled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abashed,
- abject,
- apologetic,
- ashamed,
- blushing,
- bowed down,
- broken,
- brought down,
- brought low,
- chagrined,
- chapfallen,
- conquered,
- contrite,
- crestfallen,
- crushed,
- diminished,
- domesticated,
- embarrassed,
- felled,
- flattened,
- hangdog,
- housebroke,
- housebroken,
- humble,
- humiliated,
- in the dust,
- lowered,
- made to grovel,
- mastered,
- melted,
- mortified,
- out of countenance,
- penitent,
- penitential,
- penitentiary,
- put down,
- quelled,
- red-faced,
- reduced,
- repentant,
- set down,
- shamed,
- shamefaced,
- shamefast,
- sheepish,
- smashed,
- softened,
- subdued,
- subjugated,
- suppressed,
- tamed,
- touched,
- vanquished