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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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.