self-deprecating

Also self-dep·re·ca·to·ry

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

adjective

1. belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.

self-deprecating

adjective

1. having a tendency to disparage oneself

Other Word Forms

• self-deprecatingly adverb
• self-deprecation noun

Example Sentences

The humor is self-deprecating, the setting international, the weather wintry, the company good.

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Jetten, who survived multiple knockout rounds to place third in the show’s finale, came across as charismatic and self-deprecating, viewers said.

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“I was like, ‘F—, that’s really hard to execute,’” Crudup, 57, says with a self-deprecating laugh over Zoom from his New York apartment, wearing a hoodie and baseball cap.

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That was Kennedy’s style, to crack a self-deprecating joke.

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I found myself laughing out loud at McIntyre’s story of standing up the Baroness Philippine de Rothschild of Château Mouton Rothschild for lunch, a self-deprecating recollection of life as a tyro wine writer.

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