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Definition: HUMBLES

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To demur. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To demean, depress, diminish or lessen. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To contemn. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To cheapen or demolish. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To condescend, stoop or deign. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To flatten or dispirit.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Present Tense 1. Present tense conjugation of the verb humble.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Base
(humbly)		 1. In a humble manner; "he humbly lowered his head".[Wordnet].
2. In a miserly manner.[Wordnet].
3. With humility; lowly.[Websters].
4. In an unpretentious or unaffected manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. In a grave, inconspicuous, discrete or unostentatious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
6. In a chaste or austere manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
7. In a vulgar or rustic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
8. In an obscure or malicious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
9. In a shamefaced or unassertive manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
10. Adverbial inflection of the adjective humble.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(humble)		 1. Cause to be unpretentious; "This experience will humble him".[Wordnet].
2. Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.[Wordnet].
3. To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.[Websters].
4. To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used rexlexively.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: humbling, humbled, humbles, humbler, humblers, humblingly and humbledly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Humbles" is a common misspelling or typo for: humbled, tumbles, humblest, jumbles, bumbles, humblers, humblies.

Date "Humbles" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1548. (references)


Topics by Level of Interest: HUMBLES

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Le Trésor des Humbles 10     Le Trésor des Humbles 10

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"humbles" is a common misspelling or typo for: humbled, tumbles, humblest, jumbles, bumbles, humblers, humblies.

Synonyms: humbles
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 degrades, demeans, disgraces, abases, debases, humiliates, mortifies, conquers, alter, injure, offend, depresses, lowers, obscures, disturb, interfere, vitiate, weaken.
Consider also: disparages, chastens, reduces, subdues, effaces, tames, injures.

Noun

 bases, lows, humbleness, meeks, shames, simples, smalls, blues, crushes, illegitimates.
Consider also: coys, commons, gentles, feebles, spites, wounds, humility, abstruseness, obscurity, unimportance.

Other

 dishonors, chagrins, gangrenes, necroses, cheaps, abashes, hurt, humble, humbled, humbling, humbler, humiliated, harm.
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Computed Synonyms: Humbles

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   62.1094   Humbles     meeks     gentles, milds, tames, quiets, blands   
 2   37.3096   Humbles     simples     plains, easies, sillies, foolishes, stupids   
 3   36.1095   Humbles     smalls     littles, slights, tinies, shorts, lights   
 4   33.2095   Humbles     demures     coys, sobers, sedates, shies, earnests   
 5   28.2094   Humbles     bases     foots, beds, pedestals, ignobles, legs   
 6   28.1093   Humbles     plains     simples, distincts, levels, evens, cleans   
 7   26.4095   Humbles     ignobles     bases, lows, flushes, fouls, dirties   
 8   21.2094   Humbles     sedates     calms, quiets, sobers, serenes, steadies   
 9   20.2092   Humbles     discretes     separates, distincts, singles, sedates, segregates   
 10   20.1094   Humbles     quiets     serenes, gentles, peaces, smooths, smalls   
 11   18.1094   Humbles     commons     commonplaces, normals, publics, customaries, dirties   
 12   18.0698   Humbles     humble     lowly, modest, low, meek, humiliate   
 13   16.1093   Humbles     cheaps     lows, easies, shoddies, simples, commons   
 14   15.2093   Humbles     obscures     darks, vagues, blacks, abstruses, sads   
 15   15.1093   Humbles     coys     demures, faints, prims, tames, backwards   
--------------------     460 synonyms ranked from 16 to 475 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top
Antonyms: humbles
Position Antonyms (sorted by strength)

Verb

 exalts, glorifies.

Noun

 nobles, uplifts.
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Translations: HUMBLES

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya قَلَّلَ من شَأْنِهِ أو أَهَمِّيَّتِهِ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), دانَ (accuse, accused, accuses, accusing, borrow), صاغِر (slavish, abject, cringing, humble, humbled), ذَلِيل (humble, servile, abject, caddish, contemptible), كَسَرَ شَوْكَتَهُ (conquer, conquered, conquering, conquers, humble), غَضَّ مِنْ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), أَذَلَّ (humiliate, abase, abased, abases, abasing), وَضَعَ (compose, composed, composes, composing, contemn), أَهَانَ (affront, debase, degrade, insult, abase), مُتَذَلِّل (abject, servile, cringing, humble, humbled). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha قَلَّلَ من شَأْنِهِ أو أَهَمِّيَّتِهِ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), دانَ (accuse, accused, accuses, accusing, borrow), صاغِر (slavish, abject, cringing, humble, humbled), ذَلِيل (humble, servile, abject, caddish, contemptible), كَسَرَ شَوْكَتَهُ (conquer, conquered, conquering, conquers, humble), غَضَّ مِنْ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), أَذَلَّ (humiliate, abase, abased, abases, abasing), وَضَعَ (compose, composed, composes, composing, contemn), أَهَانَ (affront, debase, degrade, insult, abase), مُتَذَلِّل (abject, servile, cringing, humble, humbled). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic قَلَّلَ من شَأْنِهِ أو أَهَمِّيَّتِهِ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), دانَ (accuse, accused, accuses, accusing, borrow), صاغِر (slavish, abject, cringing, humble, humbled), ذَلِيل (humble, servile, abject, caddish, contemptible), كَسَرَ شَوْكَتَهُ (conquer, conquered, conquering, conquers, humble), غَضَّ مِنْ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), أَذَلَّ (humiliate, abase, abased, abases, abasing), وَضَعَ (compose, composed, composes, composing, contemn), أَهَانَ (affront, debase, degrade, insult, abase), مُتَذَلِّل (abject, servile, cringing, humble, humbled). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese humilha (abase, abases, demean, demeans, humiliate). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 谦恭 (humbleness, humility, submission, humble, humbled). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Demütigt (humbles, humiliate, humiliates, humbler, mortifies). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
German Demütigt (humbles, humiliate, humiliates, humbler, mortifies). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic قَلَّلَ من شَأْنِهِ أو أَهَمِّيَّتِهِ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), دانَ (accuse, accused, accuses, accusing, borrow), صاغِر (slavish, abject, cringing, humble, humbled), ذَلِيل (humble, servile, abject, caddish, contemptible), كَسَرَ شَوْكَتَهُ (conquer, conquered, conquering, conquers, humble), غَضَّ مِنْ (abase, abased, abases, abasing, belittle), أَذَلَّ (humiliate, abase, abased, abases, abasing), وَضَعَ (compose, composed, composes, composing, contemn), أَهَانَ (affront, debase, degrade, insult, abase), مُتَذَلِّل (abject, servile, cringing, humble, humbled). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Demütigt (humbles, humiliate, humiliates, humbler, mortifies). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Demütigt (humbles, humiliate, humiliates, humbler, mortifies). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 謙虚にする (humble, humbles). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Norwegian ydmyker (humbles, humbling, humiliates). Additional references: Norwegian, Norway, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese humilha (abase, abases, demean, demeans, humiliate). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish Humilla (abase, abases, humiliate, humiliates, humbles). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, humbles. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: HUMBLES

Language Translations for “humbles” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin umbleshay (humbles). Additional references: Pig Latin, humbles. (volunteer)
Terran B humilha (humbles). Additional references: Terran B, humbles. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: HUMBLES

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 Bombus (a buzzing or booming sound, bomb, bumble bee, bumbling, humble). Additional references: Latin, humbles. (volunteer)
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