self-deprecatory
adjective
formaluk/ˌselfˈdep.rə.kə.tər.i/us/ˌselfˈdep.rə.kə.tɔːr.i/tryingto make yourself,yourabilities, oryourachievementsseemlessimportant:
With amixtureofclevertimingand self-deprecatoryhumour, hecharmsevenhis mostgrudgingcritics.
Ask her for her ownfavouritecareermemoriesand the first istypicallyself-deprecatory.
Synonym
self-deprecating
- He's self-deprecatory,acerbic, andsharp, and hewreaksrevengeon all thosepeoplewhobulliedhim when he wasyoung.
- "Well I'm notexactlya super-model, am I?" she says, with a self-deprecatorysmile.
- Thisresponseistypicalof the man:wittyand self-deprecatory, butevasiveandpotentiallymisleading.
Shy and modest
- aw shucks
- backward
- bashful
- bashfully
- bashfulness
- deprecating
- humility
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inhibited
- inhibition
- mousy
- reticent
- retiring
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-deprecating
- wallflower
- withdrawn