humble

[1]	humiliate , mortify , chagrin , abase
[2]	chasten , bring/pull down , subdue , abase , debase , demean , lower , degrade , downgrade , reduce , make (someone) eat humble pie , lose face , shame , humiliate , crush , break , mortify , chagrin , (Colloq) put down , take (someone) down a peg/notch

adj.

[1]	modest , reserved , unpretentious , unostentatious , self-effacing , unassuming , unpresuming
[2]	submissive , meek , servile , obsequious , deferential , mild , respectful , subservient , subdued
[3]	lowly , low , lowly , low , inferior , modest , small , mean , ignoble , ordinary , plebeian , common , simple , obscure , unprepossessing , unimportant , undistinguished , insignificant , low-born , base , base-born
[4]	menial , lowly
[5]	base , baseborn , lowly