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Rumbled vs Humbled - What's the difference?

rumbled | humbled |

As verbs the difference between rumbled and humbled

is that rumbled is (rumble) while humbled is (humble).

As an adjective humbled is

feeling the positive effects of humility.

rumbled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rumble)
  • Anagrams

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    rumble

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (dialectal)

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
  • The rumble from passing trucks made it hard to sleep at night.
  • (slang) A street fight or brawl.
  • A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
  • (dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • Kit, well wrapped, was in the rumble behind.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.
  • If I don't eat, my stomach will rumble .
    I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance.
  • To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.
  • The police is going to rumble your hideout.
  • To move while making a rumbling noise.
  • The truck rumbled over the rough road.
  • (slang) To fight; to brawl.
  • To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.
  • (obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.
  • * Spenser
  • to rumble gently down with murmur soft

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    humbled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Feeling the positive effects of humility.
  • I felt so humbled to help out during the disaster relief appeal.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (humble)