humbles
Takes down notches
Humbles is the third-person singular of humble, meaning to lower someone's status or pride: Victory humbles the defeated.
It also names the edible organs of a deer—heart, liver, kidneys—now archaic except in the phrase humble pie, which originally meant a pie made from these umbles, eaten by servants while nobles got better cuts.
To make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- lowerReduce or move downward
- downgradeReduce in status
devalue · belittle · undermine · degrade · downplay · mortify · chasten · shame
Basis for justification
- sobersMakes grave or clear-headed
- awakensBecomes conscious again
- remindsCauses to recall
- enlightensImparts knowledge or insight
instructs · corrects · disciplines · chastens · matures · transforms · softens · reforms
Yields to authority
- yieldsGives forth results
- bowsRespectful forward bends
- kneelsBends legs to ground
- surrendersCeases resistance formally
capitulates · defers · acquiesces · relents · concedes · prostrates · genuflects · kowtows
Lacking in pretension
- unassumingNot making claims
- self-effacingDownplaying one's own importance
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- reservedRestrained in manner
understated · low-key · down-to-earth · sober · discreet · unobtrusive · plain · simple
diminish
To make smaller
downgrade · devalue · belittle · undermine · degrade · downplay · mortify · chasten · shame · embarrass
grounds
Basis for justification
enlightens · instructs · corrects · disciplines · chastens · matures · transforms · softens · reforms · refines
submits
Yields to authority
surrenders · capitulates · defers · acquiesces · relents · concedes · prostrates · genuflects · kowtows · bends
modest
Lacking in pretension
- unassumingNot making claims
- self-effacingDownplaying one's own importance
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
reserved · understated · low-key · down-to-earth · sober · discreet · unobtrusive · plain · simple · meek
grateful
Feeling thankful
- thankfulFeeling gratitude expressed
- appreciativeFeeling or showing gratitude
- blessedReceiving divine favor
indebted · moved · touched · honored · awed · reverent · mindful · overcome
- humble pieFigurative food of apology
- eat humble pieAdmit error humbly
- humble beginningsUnprivileged early circumstances
- in my humble opinionQualifier before a viewpoint
- humble bragBoast dressed as complaint
- eating humble pie
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