- 2. Make humble, make lowly, render meek or modest or unpretending, free from pride.
Humblebee, n. Bumblebee.
Humbleness, n. See humility.
Humbug, n. (Colloq.)
- 1. Imposition, imposture, fetch, deception, fraud, trick, cheat, gammon, dodge, gouge, blind, feint, chouse,
hoax.
- 2. Charlatanry, charlatanism, quackery, mummery, cant, hypocrisy.
- 3. Impostor, charlatan, quack, cheat.
Humbug, v. a. (Colloq.) Deceive, cheat, cozen, swindle, trick, hoax, befool, chouse, impose upon.
Humdrum, a. Dull, prosy, dronish, stupid, wearisome, tiresome, dry, dreary.
Humid, a. Wet, moist, damp, dank.
Humidity, n. Moisture, dampness.
Humiliate, v. a. Mortify, shame, abash, put to shame, put down. See humble,
- 1.
Humiliation, n.
- 1. Humbling, abasement, mortification, degradation, crushing, putting to shame, dishonoring.
- 2. Humility, meekness, humbleness, lowliness, lowness, submissiveness.
Humility, n. Humbleness, meekness, submissiveness, lowliness, self-abasement, lowliness of mind, freedom from pride or arrogance, freedom from self-righteousness.
Humine, n. (Chem.) Humic acid.
Hummock, n.
- 1. Hillock, knoll, knob of soil.
- 2. Ridge, pile, hump, knob, protuberance (in a field of ice).
Humor, n.
- 1. Moisture, fluid (of animal bodies).