Demure vs. Humble
Difference Between Demure and Humble
Demure➦
(of a woman or her behaviour) reserved, modest, and shy
I shared a compartment with a child and his demure governess
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Humble➦
Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.
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Demure➦
Modest and reserved in manner or behavior.
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Humble➦
Showing deferential or submissive respect
a humble apology.
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Demure➦
Characterized by or suggestive of reserve or modesty
a demure smile.
a demure outfit.
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Humble➦
Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly
a humble cottage.
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Demure➦
Quiet, modest, reserved, sober, or serious.
She is a demure young lady.
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Humble➦
To cause to feel humble
"He was humbled by the lack of consolation in Kornblum's expression" (Michael Chabon).
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Demure➦
Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
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Humble➦
To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.
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Demure➦
(obsolete) To look demurely.
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Humble➦
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.
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Demure➦
Of sober or serious mien; composed and decorous in bearing; of modest look; staid; grave.
Sober, steadfast, and demure.
Nan was very much delighted in her demure way, and that delight showed itself in her face and in her clear bright eyes.
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Humble➦
Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
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Demure➦
Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.
A cat lay, and looked so demure, as if there had been neither life nor soul in her.
Miss Lizzy, I have no doubt, would be as demure and coquettish, as if ten winters more had gone over her head.
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Humble➦
(ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
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Demure➦
To look demurely.
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Humble➦
To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
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Demure➦
affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
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Humble➦
To hum.
humbling and bumbling
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Humble➦
(transitive) hummel.
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Humble➦
An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
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Humble➦
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
THy humble nest built on the ground.
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Humble➦
Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.
God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
She should be humble who would please.
Without a humble imitation of the divine Author of our . . . religion we can never hope to be a happy nation.
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Humble➦
Hornless. See Hummel.
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Humble➦
To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.
Here, take this purse, thou whom the heaven's plaguesHave humbled to all strokes.
The genius which humbled six marshals of France.
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Humble➦
To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; - often used rexlexively.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you.
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Humble➦
cause to be unpretentious;
This experience will humble him
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Humble➦
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
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Humble➦
low or inferior in station or quality;
a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings
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Humble➦
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;
a humble apology
essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions
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Humble➦
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
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Humble➦
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
baseborn wretches with dirty faces
of humble (or lowly) birth
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