adj. 25B6; adjective
her bearing was humble : MEEK, deferential, respectful, submissive, self-effacing, unassertive; unpresuming, modest, unassuming, self-deprecating; Scottish mim.
a humble background : LOWLY, working-class, lower-class, poor, undistinguished, mean, ignoble, low-born; common, ordinary, simple, inferior, unremarkable, insignificant, inconsequential; informal plebby.
my humble abode : MODEST, plain, simple, ordinary, unostentatious, unpretentious.
proud, noble, grand.
25B6; verb
he humbled himself to ask for help : HUMILIATE, abase, demean, lower, degrade, debase; mortify, shame, eat humble pie; take someone down a peg or two; informal cut down to size, settle someone's hash; N. Amer. informal make someone eat crow.
Wales were humbled by Romania : DEFEAT, beat, trounce, rout, overwhelm, get the better of, bring to one's knees; informal lick, clobber, slaughter, massacre, crucify, walk all over; N. Amer. informal shellac, cream.