humbleness

hum·ble

H0319700 (hŭm′bəl)adj. hum·bler, hum·blest 1. Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.2. Showing deferential or submissive respect: a humble apology.3. Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly: a humble cottage.tr.v. hum·bled, hum·bling, hum·bles 1. To cause to feel humble: "He was humbled by the lack of consolation in Kornblum's expression" (Michael Chabon).2. To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin humilis, low, lowly, from humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots.]

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hum′ble·ness n.hum′bler n.hum′bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humbleness - the state of being humble and unimportantlowliness, obscureness, unimportanceobscurity - an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known; "he worked in obscurity for many years"
	2.	humbleness - a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"humilityfeeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"meekness, submission - the feeling of patient, submissive humblenessself-depreciation - a feeling of being of little worth
	3.	humbleness - a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"humilitytrait - a distinguishing feature of your personal naturemeekness, subduedness - a disposition to be patient and long suffering

humbleness

nounLack of vanity or self-importance:humility, lowliness, meekness, modesty.

Translations

谦卑

humble

(ˈhambl) adjective1. not having a high opinion of oneself etc. You have plenty of ability but you're too humble. 謙卑的 谦卑的2. unimportant; having a low position in society etc. a man of humble origins. 地位低下的 地位低下的 verb to make (someone) humble. He was humbled by his failure. 使謙卑 使谦恭，使卑下 ˈhumbly adverb 謙卑地 谦卑地ˈhumbleness noun 謙卑 谦卑

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see also humility.