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adj |
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of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
baseborn wretches with dirty faces; of humble (or lowly) birth
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
(adj) small, low, lowly, modest
low or inferior in station or quality
a humble cottage; a lowly parish priest; a modest man of the people; small beginnings
(verb) humiliate, mortify, abase, chagrin
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss