Past tense of humble
regular verb
The past tense of humble is humbled. The past participle is also humbled.
Forms of humble
| Base form (V1) | humble /ˈhʌmbəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | humbled |
| Past participle (V3) | humbled |
| Present participle | humbling |
| Third person singular | humbles |
Humbled in a sentence
- "Anytime I win an award of any kind I am honored and humbled," Espinoza said.2015 September 12, 'HONORED AND HUMBLED' ESPINOZA TO RECEIVE LAFFIT PINCAY, JR. AWARD Paulick Report. From the entry humbled
- I am humbled by them and privileged to be with them.2010 February 1, Tom Hagan 'I am humbled by these people' National Catholic Reporter. From the entry humbled
- World War I shattered the gossima delusions of the aristocracy, and the Great Depression humbled the rest.2010, Roger Bennett, Eli Horowitz, Everything You Know Is Pong, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry gossima
- With Connie, he’s blissfully free from erotic expectation; he’s humbled by Ellen’s goodness.1993 April 30, Peter Rainer, “MOVIE REVIEW : A Sugarcoated ‘Three of Hearts’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles…. From the entry sweetie-pie
- Who that has prided himself on his spiritual strength has not seen it humbled to the dust?1927-1929, Mahatma Gandhi, chapter XXI, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth, published 1940. From the entry chaff
Meaning of humble
- adjective Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- adjective Having a low position or a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
- noun People with a low position or a low opinion of themselves; those who are not proud, arrogant, or assuming.
Questions about the past tense of humble
- What is the past tense of humble?
- The past tense of humble is humbled.
- What is the past participle of humble?
- The past participle of humble is humbled.
- Is humble a regular or irregular verb?
- Humble is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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