egotistical vs humble

egotistical

adj
  • Tending to talk excessively about oneself. 

  • Egoistical (advocating egoism). 

  • Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc. 

humble

adj
  • Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest. 

  • Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. 

verb
  • To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive. 

  • To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of 

noun
  • An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject. 

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