humble
adjective
°Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
"Thy humble nest built on the ground. -Cowley."
°Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; lowly; weak; modest.
"God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6."
verb
°To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.
"Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plagues have humbled to all strokes. -Shak."
°To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive; -- often used reflexively.
synonyms: abase, lower, depress, humiliate more» , mortify, disgrace, degrade