Humble and Spare

Humble

Humble adjective - Not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness.

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Spare and humble are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Spare" with "Humble", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: humbled, humbling, humbly

Spare adjective - Being over what is needed.

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Humble and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Humble" instead an adjective "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

humble everyone

spare everyone

As awesome as it all sounds, though, spare a thought for the humble "No pushback from your gun" upgrade.

Source: Video Game / hets
He gained a dosage of Humble Pie and truly regrets it (that forced his father to use the impostor in order to protect their family from shame and spare his son from insults he himself received), and he gives his impostor's address to Farhan and Raju as a way to atone.

Source: Bollywood / 3 Idiots
Virgil suggested that the motto of the Roman Empire was parcere subjectis et debellare superbos, which translates to "Spare the humble and weaken the pride."

Source: Break the Haughty

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