Comments on: Vocabulary review: “humbled” vs. “honored” http://www.somethingepic.com/vocabulary-review-humbled-vs-honored/ Encouraging radical lives that matter Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:04:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Joyce DeWeese http://www.somethingepic.com/vocabulary-review-humbled-vs-honored/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Joyce DeWeese Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:46:40 +0000 http://www.somethingepic.com/2006/11/01/vocabulary-review-humbled-vs-honored/#comment-451 You are right! Boy, this bugs me so much that I googled the phrase humbled vs honored to see if anyone at all has the same objection. Christians ought to get it right, "customary usage" aside. Read the Bible to get a clue how nice it is BE humbled. Our aim is to humble ourselves and avoid deserving to be humbled. You are right! Boy, this bugs me so much that I googled the phrase humbled vs honored to see if anyone at all has the same objection.
Christians ought to get it right, “customary usage” aside. Read the Bible to get a clue how nice it is BE humbled. Our aim is to humble ourselves and avoid deserving to be humbled.

]]> By: Terry Karney http://www.somethingepic.com/vocabulary-review-humbled-vs-honored/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Terry Karney Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:45:09 +0000 http://www.somethingepic.com/2006/11/01/vocabulary-review-humbled-vs-honored/#comment-450 In that context one can be both. It's not the best locution, but the intent (and it's not outside the customary usage of the word) is that such an honor reminds the honoree of just how little they may have done (if only in their mind's eye) to deserve it. TK In that context one can be both.

It’s not the best locution, but the intent (and it’s not outside the customary usage of the word) is that such an honor reminds the honoree of just how little they may have done (if only in their mind’s eye) to deserve it.

TK

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