humblest

ADJECTIVE

meek, unassuming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

courteous gentle modest ordinary polite quiet respectful self-effacing sheepish shy simple soft-spoken tentative timid unpretentious

STRONG

blushing content obliging reserved retiring sedate withdrawn

WEAK

apprehensive backward bashful biddable deferential demure diffident docile fearful hesitant lowly manageable mild obsequious reverential self-conscious servile standoffish submissive subservient supplicatory timorous tractable unambitious unobtrusive unostentatious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave complex complicated discourteous extraordinary extroverted impolite intricate loud rude troubled unashamed uncivil unmannerly unrefined

STRONG

friendly outgoing sociable upset

WEAK

assertive boasting conceited egotistical insolent luxurious pretentious proud rich showy superior

ADJECTIVE

poor, inferior

Synonyms

STRONGEST

modest obscure ordinary simple unassuming unpretentious

STRONG

base low mean rough unfit

WEAK

beggarly common commonplace contemptible humdrum ignoble inglorious insignificant little low-born low-ranking lowly meager measly menial miserable paltry petty pitiful plebeian proletarian puny scrubby seemly servile severe shabby small sordid trivial uncouth underprivileged undistinguished unimportant unrefined vulgar wretched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave extraordinary presumptuous

STRONG

honest moral nice noble polite

WEAK

assertive boasting conceited egotistical insolent luxurious pretentious proud rich showy superior

Example Sentences

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Humblest footballer “Come on presidente, let us play: we’re not Maradona.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2016

Born when the skies began to glow, Humblest of all the rock's cold daughters, No blossom bowed its stalk to show Where stole thy still and scanty waters.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Stoddard, Richard Henry

This I pray, Humblest of boons, before my hair grows grey And Time's flight bids me in the last resort Try golf, or otherwise your cause betray.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 14, 1919 by Various

Humblest of men, I only know that I had a confidence in myself which increased with difficulties.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

Humblest when rich, but peevish when they're poor, And think whate'er they have, they merit more.

From The True-Born Englishman A Satire by Defoe, Daniel