Fumbled vs Humbled - What's the difference?
fumbled | humbled |
(fumble)
(intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
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(intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
* Fielding
To blunder uncertainly.
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
* Chesterfield
* Wordsworth
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
* Shakespeare
Feeling the positive effects of humility.
(humble)
As verbs the difference between fumbled and humbled
is that fumbled is (fumble) while humbled is (humble).As an adjective humbled is
feeling the positive effects of humility.fumbled
English
Verb
(head)fumble
English
Verb
(fumbl)- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
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- He fumbled for his keys.
- He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
- Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
- He fumbled through his prepared speech.
- to fumble for an excuse
- My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles .
- Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
- I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
humbled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.