Hyphenation of humble

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word humble? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

hum-ble

Definitions of humble:

1.
Cause to be unpretentious
This experience will humble him
2.
Cause to feel shame
Hurt the pride of He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
3.
Low or inferior in station or quality
A humble cottage A lowly parish priest A modest man of the people Small beginnings
4.
Marked by meekness or modesty
Not arrogant or prideful A humble apology Essentially humble...and self-effacing
5.
He achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions- B.K.Malinowski
6.
Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
7.
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
Baseborn wretches with dirty faces Of humble (or lowly) birth

Synonyms of humble:

adj low, lowly, modest, small, inferior
adj humble, broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low, meek, mild, modest, modest
adj menial, lowly, unskilled
adj base, baseborn, lowly, lowborn
verb change, alter, modify
verb humiliate, mortify, chagrin, abase, hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

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