PROUD Antonyms

• feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

• self-consciously timid

• disposed to avoid notice

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• brought low in spirit

• morally reprehensible

• disappointingly unsuccessful

• a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine

• directed downward

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• feeling or caused to feel ill at ease or self-conscious or ashamed

• made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

• low or inferior in station or quality

• inferior in rank or status

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• very docile

• evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant

• marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

• not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• not large but sufficient in size or amount

• free from pomp or affectation

• low or inferior in station or quality

• humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

• reluctant to draw attention to yourself

• showing a sense of guilt

• suffering shame

• lacking pretension or affectation

• not ostentatious

• exhibiting restrained good taste