(ת') עני, צנוע; עלוב, דל

(פ') להשפיל, להכניע, לדכא

מנה אנגלית מהמאה ה-17 שנועדה למשרתים: ליבו, כבדו, כלייותיו ושאר אבריו הפנימיים של הצבי בושלו עם תפוחים, דומדמניות, סוכר ותבלינים ונאפו כפיא (הלורדים ניזונו מבשר הצבי).

adj. unpretentious, poor, simple; modest, not prideful; submissive, deferential, meek

v. humiliate, embarrass, shame; subdue, abase

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Verb
1. cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(hyponym) efface
2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
(synonym) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, abase
(hypernym) hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
(hyponym) crush, smash, demolish

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Adjective
1. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"
(synonym) low, lowly, modest, small
(similar) inferior
2. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
(antonym) proud
(similar) broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
(see-also) modest
(attribute) humility, humbleness
3. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
(synonym) menial, lowly
(similar) unskilled
4. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
(synonym) base, baseborn, lowly
(similar) lowborn

adj. humble, lowly, meek, poor

příd.jm. pokorný; skromný; prostý

v. pokořit