Humbled vs Mumbled - What's the difference?
humbled | mumbled |
Feeling the positive effects of humility.
(humble)
(mumble)
(intransitive) To speak unintelligibly or inaudibly; to fail to articulate.
* Shakespeare
* Otway
To chew something gently with closed lips.
A quiet or unintelligible vocalization.
A low tone of voice.
As verbs the difference between humbled and mumbled
is that humbled is (humble) while mumbled is (mumble).As an adjective humbled
is feeling the positive effects of humility.humbled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.
Verb
(head)mumbled
English
Verb
(head)mumble
English
Verb
- Please try not to mumble so I can hear you better.
- Peace, you mumbling fool.
- A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, / Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* mumblage * mumblecore * mumblenews * mumbler * mumblety pegNoun
(en noun)- All I could hear was a mumble from the next room.
- ''He spoke in a mumble .