(~r, ~st, ~s, humbling, ~d)
1.
A ~ person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people.
He gave a great performance, but he was very ~...
? proud
ADJ
humbly
‘I’m a lucky man, undeservedly lucky,’ he said humbly.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
People with low social status are sometimes described as ~.
Spyros Latsis started his career as a ~ fisherman in the Aegean...
= lowly
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
A ~ place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way.
There are restaurants, both ~ and expensive, that specialize in them...
ADJ
4.
People use ~ in a phrase such as in my ~ opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel ~ about it.
It is, in my ~ opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.
= modest
ADJ politeness
humbly
So may I humbly suggest we all do something next time.
ADV: ADV before v
5.
If you eat ~ pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
Anson was forced to eat ~ pie and publicly apologise to her.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
If you ~ someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily.
Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that ~d the industry giants...
VERB: V n
7.
If something or someone ~s you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were.
Ted’s words ~d me...
VERB: V n
~d
I came away very ~d and recognizing that I, for one, am not well-informed.
ADJ
humbling
Giving up an addiction is a humbling experience.
ADJ