Vulnerable vs. Humble

Vulnerableadjective

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

‘You are vulnerable to be bullied by someone at school.’;

Humbleadjective

Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.

‘He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.’;

Vulnerableadjective

Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.

‘It's okay to get vulnerable every now and again.’;

Humbleadjective

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

Vulnerableadjective

(computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

‘a vulnerable PC with no antivirus software’;

Humbleverb

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humiliate.

Vulnerableadjective

Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body.

‘Achilles was vulnerable in his heel; and there will be wanting a Paris to infix the dart.’;

Humbleverb

To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiency of; to make meek and submissive.

Vulnerableadjective

Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation.

‘His skill in finding out the vulnerable parts of strong minds was consummate.’;

Humbleverb

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Vulnerableadjective

susceptible to attack;

‘a vulnerable bridge’;

Humbleadjective

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

‘THy humble nest built on the ground.’;

Vulnerableadjective

susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation;

‘vulnerable to bribery’; ‘an argument vulnerable to refutation’;

Humbleadjective

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.’;

Vulnerableadjective

capable of being wounded or hurt;

‘vulnerable parts of the body’;

Humbleadjective

Hornless. See Hummel.

Vulnerableadjective

susceptible to physical or emotional injury;

‘at a tender age’;

Humbleverb

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.’;

Humbleverb

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.’;

Humbleverb

cause to be unpretentious;

‘This experience will humble him’;

Humbleverb

cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

‘He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss’;

Humbleadjective

low or inferior in station or quality;

‘a humble cottage’; ‘a lowly parish priest’; ‘a modest man of the people’; ‘small beginnings’;

Humbleadjective

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’;

Humbleadjective

used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Humbleadjective

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);

‘baseborn wretches with dirty faces’; ‘of humble (or lowly) birth’;