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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Humble = ‘HUHM-buhl’

ออกเสียง Humility = ‘hyoo-MIL-i-tee

Dictionary.com

SYNONYM STUDY FOR HUMBLE

Humble, degrade, humiliate suggest lowering or causing to seem lower.

To humble is to bring down the prideof another or to reduce him or her to a state of abasement: to humble an arrogant enemy.

To degrade is to demote in rank or standing, or to reduce to a low level in dignity:

to degrade an officer; to degrade oneself by lying.

To humiliate is to make others feel or appear inadequate or unworthy,

especially in some public setting: to humiliate a sensitive person.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression

Humbleness & humility

Humbleness is a standard word but one now rarely used.

It denotes a state of feeling inferior or insignificant,

of holding oneself low in rank, position, and importance.

Humility is as much overused as humbleness is neglected;

it means about what humbleness does:

a modest estimate of one’s rank or significance.

Humility suggests acceptance of one’s low station,

whereas humbleness merely identifies that position.

We acknowledge the humbleness of a man’s birth

and honor his humility in accepting that origin.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary

hum′ble•ness, n.

hum′bler, n.

hum′bling•ly, adv.

hum′bly, adv.

syn: humble, degrade, humiliate

suggest a lowering in self-respect or in the estimation of others.

humble most often refers to a lowering of pride or arrogance, but may refer to a lessening of power or importance: humbled by failure; to humble an enemy.

degrade literally means to demote in rank or standing, but commonly refers to a bringing into dishonor or contempt: You degrade yourself by cheating.

To humiliate is to make another feel inadequate or unworthy, esp. in a public setting: humiliated by criticism.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Humility: Its Use and Meaning

Humility means “the state of being humble.”

Both it and humble have their origin in the Latin word humilis, meaning "low."

Humble can be used to describe what is rankedlow by others,

as in "persons of humble origins."

People also use the word of themselves and things associated with themselves;

if you describe yourself as "but a humble editor" orrefer to your home as your "humble abode,"

you are saying that neither you nor your home is very impressive.

Like this latter use of humble, the kind of lowness expressed in the word humility

is typically one chosen by oneself.

Here are some examples of humility in use:

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
— Proverbs 11:2

A sudden humility descended upon the King. He felt, as so many men were to feel in similar circumstances in ages to come, as though he were a child looking eagerly for guidance to an all-wise master—a child, moreover, handicapped by water on the brain, feet three sizes too large for him, and hands consisting mainly of thumbs.
— P. G. Wodehouse, The Clicking of Cuthbert, 1922

Eating grits and fatback for breakfast and washing up every morning in cold water from a hydrant in the backyard helped one learn humility and humanity.
— Julius Lester, Falling Pieces of Broken Sky, 1990

I realize now that she had an awareness of the nature of the order of life, and of the necessity of living with and respecting that order. With this respect comes a necessary humility that we, with our early-21st-century chutzpah, lack at our peril.
— Bill Joy, Wired, April 2000

Who has not gazed at the night sky, mouth slightly agape? The experience is so common, its effects so uniform, that a standard vocabulary has evolved to describe it. Invariably we speak of the profound humility we feel before the enormity of the universe. We are as bits of dust in a spectacle whose scope beggars the imagination, whose secrets make a mockery of reason.
— Edwin Dobb, Harper's, February 1995

If leadership has a secret sauce, it may well be humility. A humble boss understands that there are things he doesn't know. He listens: not only to the other bigwigs in Davos, but also to the kind of people who don't get invited, such as his customers.
—The Economist, 26 Jan. 2013

For many, the lowness in both humility and humble is something worth cultivating.