Am I using this word correctly?

Question

I was also humbled by my patients' expressions of gratitude for helping them.

Is humbled the right word? Is there a better word?

Answer 1

"humbled" is fine, you could also use "appreciative"

Answer 2

To be humbled assumes that you are being taken off your high horse/pedestal...arrogance. If this fits the thought, ok, otherwise you might want to change the word. As well the grammar doesn't flow.....my paitients' expressions of gratitude for helping them was humbling.

Answer 3

Yes if you are using it in the correct context. By reading this, this to me sounds like you were a certain way with your patients (i.e. maybe you were a bit sharp or something) and then when they were very grateful too you, this made you feel bad at the way you had treated them. As in you were humbled (head to the ground so to speak). That's the way I read it but I wasn't that great at English. Good luck.

Answer 4

You used the word correctly but did not show that you know what the word means. A better sentence would have included an example of how the gods became more anthropomorphic such as having human feelings of lust or hate or jealousy etc.

Answer 5

Yes, the word "humbled" is a past tense transitive verb and is syntactically correct in the context. Whether it's a correct representation of the speaker's feelings (to cause to be modest in spirit.) is unknown.

Guess: it's likely just fine, as-is.

Answer 6

There is nothing wrong with the word "humbled" in this sentence, but I do not think you need to include the word "also" unless there is more to the sentence that you have failed to include.

Answer 7

humbled is fine here...meaning you were not not filled with self importance, just pleased with their gratitude and obviously willing to help

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

As of yet, I cannot find a word that would better fit the sentence.

Answer 10

You are using it correctly, and it is an appropriate word choice for your sentence.