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humbleness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun humbleness has 3 senses
- humbleness(n = noun.state) lowliness, obscureness, unimportance - the state of being humble and unimportant; Array is a kind of obscurity
- humbleness(n = noun.feeling) humility - a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" is a kind of feeling
- humbleness(n = noun.attribute) humility - a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" is a kind of trait
Derived forms adjective humble4, adjective humble1
has particulars: meekness, submission, self-depreciation
has particulars: meekness, subduedness
Derived form adjective humble2
ROGET THESAURUS
humbleness
Humility
N humility, humbleness, meekness, lowness, lowliness, lowlihood, abasement, self-abasement, submission, resignation, condescension, affability, modesty, verecundity, blush, suffusion, confusion, sense of shame, sense of disgrace, humiliation, mortification, let down, set down, humble, lowly, meek, modest, humble minded, sober-minded, unoffended, submissive, servile, condescending, affable, humbled, bowed down, resigned, abashed, ashamed, dashed, out of countenance, down in the mouth, down on one's knees, down on one's marrowbones, down on one's uppers, humbled in the dust, browbeaten, chapfallen, crestfallen, dumfoundered, flabbergasted, shorn of one's glory, with downcast eyes, with bated breath, with bended knee, on all fours, on one's feet, under correction, with due deference, I am your obedient servant, I am your very humble servant, my service to you, da locum melioribus, parvum parva decent.
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