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| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, put down |
| Synonyms: | abase, abash, bemean, break, bring down*, cast down, chagrin, chasten, confound, confuse, crush*, cut to the quick, debase, deflate, degrade, demean, demote, deny, discomfit, discredit, disgrace, embarrass, hide, humiliate, lower*, make eat dirt, make one feel small, mortify, overcome, pop one's balloon, pull down*, put away*, put one away, put to shame, reduce, silence, sink, snub, squash*, squelch, strike dumb, subdue, take down a peg, take down*, upset |
| Antonyms: | build up, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meek, unassuming |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, backward, bashful, blushing, content, courteous, deferential, demure, diffident, docile, fearful, gentle, hesitant, lowly, manageable, mild, modest, obliging, obsequious, ordinary, polite, quiet, reserved, respectful, retiring, sedate, self-conscious, servile, sheepish, shy, simple, soft-spoken, standoffish, submissive, subservient, tentative, timid, timorous, tractable, unobtrusive, unpretentious, withdrawn, biddable, reverential, self-effacing, supplicatory, unambitious, unostentatious |
| Antonyms: | assertive, boasting, brave, conceited, insolent, pretentious, proud, showy, egotistical |
| Main Entry: | humble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, inferior |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, common, commonplace, contemptible, humdrum, ignoble, inglorious, insignificant, little, low, lowly, meager, mean, measly, menial, miserable, modest, obscure, ordinary, paltry, petty, pitiful, plebeian, puny, rough, seemly, servile, severe, shabby, simple, small, sordid, trivial, unassuming, uncouth, underprivileged, undistinguished, unfit, unimportant, unpretentious, unrefined, vulgar, wretched, low-born, low-ranking, proletarian, scrubby |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, rich, superior |
| Main Entry: | abase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive of self-esteem, confidence |
| Synonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, demean, diminish, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, lower, mortify, reduce, shame |
| Antonyms: | cherish, dignify, exalt, extol, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | angelic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sweet, kind, and usually beautiful |
| Synonyms: | adorable, beatific, beneficent, celestial, devout, divine, entrancing, ethereal, godly, good, heavenly, holy, humble, innocent, lovely, otherworldly, pure, radiant, rapturous, righteous, saintly, self-sacrificing, seraphic, virtuous, archangelic, cherubic |
| Antonyms: | demonic, devilish, fiendish, unkind |
| Main Entry: | ashamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretting, remorseful |
| Synonyms: | abashed, apologetic, bashful, blushing, conscience-stricken, contrite, crestfallen, debased, disconcerted, distraught, distressed, embarrassed, guilty, hesitant, humble, humiliated, meek, muddled, penitent, regretful, reluctant, repentant, shamed, shamefaced, sheepish, shy, sorry, submissive, chagrined, compunctious, demeaned, discomfited, flustered, humbled, mortified, stammering, stuttering |
| Antonyms: | bold, defiant, immodest, shameless, not sorry, unregretful, unremorseful, unself-conscious |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched, grovelling |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | bashful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | abashed, backward, blushing, chary, confused, coy, demure, diffident, embarrassed, humble, modest, nervous, reserved, reticent, retiring, self-conscious, shamefaced, sheepish, shrinking, silent, timid, timorous, blushful, constrained, overmodest, recoiling, self-effacing, unassertive, verecund |
| Antonyms: | confident, unabashed, unshy |
| Main Entry: | chasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | correct, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, admonish, afflict, berate, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals*, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, tame, try, upbraid, call down, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, take to task, tongue-lash* |
| Notes: | chasten means to correct by punishment, to take to task - to restrain or subdue; chastise means to punish, as by beating or to criticize severely |
| Antonyms: | aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | regretful |
| Synonyms: | apologetic, conscience-stricken, humble, penitent, remorseful, repentant, sorrowful, sorry, attritional, chastened, compunctious, penitential |
| Antonyms: | hurtful, indifferent, mean, unrepentant |
| Main Entry: | coy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very modest |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, demure, diffident, evasive, flirtatious, humble, kittenish, prudish, reserved, retiring, shrinking, shy, skittish, timid, coquettish, overmodest, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, forward, immodest, impudent, unshy |
| Main Entry: | degrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shame, humiliate |
| Synonyms: | abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan*, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down*, sink, slam, take down*, tear down*, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reserved, affected |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, blushing, close, coy, decorous, diffident, earnest, humble, modest, nice, prim, prissy, proper, prudish, reticent, retiring, sedate, serious, shy, silent, skittish, sober, solemn, staid, strait-laced, timid, unassuming, unassertive, unassured |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, bold, extroverted, outgoing, shameless, strong |
| Main Entry: | diffident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant; unconfident |
| Synonyms: | backward, bashful, chary, coy, demure, distrustful, doubtful, dubious, humble, insecure, meek, modest, mousy, reluctant, reserved, retiring, self-conscious, sheepish, shrinking, shy, suspicious, timid, timorous, unassuming, unobtrusive, unsure, withdrawn, blenching, constrained, flinching, rabbity, self-effacing, unassertive, unassured, unpoised |
| Antonyms: | bold, confident |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring shame upon |
| Synonyms: | abase, besmirch, blot, debase, defame, defile, degrade, depress, deride, derogate, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, expel, humble, humiliate, libel, lose face, lower, mock, put down, reduce, reproach, ridicule, slander, slur, snub, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tar and feather*, tarnish, attaint, give a black eye, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exalt, honor, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dishearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, ruin one's hopes |
| Synonyms: | chill*, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deter, discourage, dismay, disparage, get down*, humble, humiliate, put down, shake, cast down, disincline, dispirit, indispose, put a damper on, throw a pall over |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | docile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | compliant, submissive |
| Synonyms: | accommodating, adaptable, agreeable, amenable, childlike, complacent, cool, ductile, easy, easygoing, gentle, governable, humble, laid-back, manageable, meek, mellow, mild, obedient, obliging, orderly, pliable, pliant, quiet, resigned, soft, tame, teachable, tractable, usable, well-behaved, willing, yielding, acquiescent, biddable, docious, easily influenced, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | determined, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, obstinate, opinionated, stubborn, uncooperative, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | downgrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lower in opinion or rank |
| Synonyms: | abase, bench*, break*, bump*, bust*, decrease, decry, degrade, demerit, demote, denigrate, depreciate, devalue, disparage, humble, minimize, reduce, run down, set back, undervalue, write off*, declass, detract from, devalorize, disrate, mark down, take down a peg |
| Antonyms: | improve, promote, raise, upgrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fawning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deferential, groveling |
| Synonyms: | abject, compliant, crawling, cringing, flattering, humble, ingratiating, mealy-mouthed, obsequious, prostrate, servile, slavish, spineless, submissive, subservient, sycophant, adulatory, bootlicking, bowing, brownnosing, cowering, kowtowing, parasitic, scraping, sniveling, sycophantic |
| Antonyms: | aloof, cool, disinterested, proud, unfriendly |
| Main Entry: | holy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | religious, sacred |
| Synonyms: | angelic, believing, blessed, chaste, clean, consecrated, dedicated, devoted, devotional, devout, divine, faithful, faultless, god-fearing, godlike, godly, good, hallowed, humble, immaculate, innocent, just, moral, perfect, pious, pure, reverent, righteous, sacrosanct, saintly, sanctified, seraphic, spiritual, spotless, sublime, undefiled, unworldly, upright, venerable, virtuous, glorified, messianic, pietistic, prayerful, revered, sainted, saintlike, uncorrupt, untainted, venerated |
| Antonyms: | depraved, evil, immoral, irreligious, irreverent, sacrilegious, sinful, unholy, vile, wicked, unsacred |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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