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self-deprecating

[ self-dep-ri-key-ting, self- ]

adjective

  1. belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.


self-deprecating

adjective

  1. having a tendency to disparage oneself


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Other Words From

  • self-dep·re·cat·ing·ly adverb
  • self-dep·re·ca·tion [self-dep-ri-, key, -sh, uh, n, self-], noun

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Example Sentences

But he also kept his sense of humor, some of it self-deprecating.

Vulture, too, noticed her “effortless, self-deprecating charm.”

Look, Palin fans already love her, and self-deprecating humor makes you appear secure.

Unlike past presidents, who typically gave us self-deprecating jokes, Obama uses comedy as a weapon.

She ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners.

Then, there was no limit to the gentle, self-deprecating plausibility with which he alluded to himself.

He smirked in a self-deprecating way, and pulled his hat-brim down in front.

He looked from one to the other, with his melancholy and self-deprecating smile.

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