adj. Function: adjective
1 lacking all signs of pride, aggressiveness, or self-assertiveness FF1C; accepted her success with humble appreciation FF1E;
Synonyms: lowly, meek, modest, unassuming
Related Words: simple, unobtrusive, unostentatious, unpretentious; acquiescent, compliant, resigned; quiet, subdued, submissive
Contrasted Words: ostentatious, pretentious, showy; vain, vainglorious; arrogant, disdainful, haughty, lordly, overbearing, proud, toplofty
Antonyms: conceited
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Synonyms: IGNOBLE 1, base, baseborn, low, lowborn, lowly, mean, plebeian, unennobled, unwashed