self-deprecating

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

/ ˈsɛlfˈdɛp rɪˌkeɪ tɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

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adjective

belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.

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Also self-dep·re·ca·to·ry

[self-dep-ri-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-]. /ˈsɛlfˈdɛp rɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˌsɛlf-/.

OTHER WORDS FROM self-deprecating

self-dep·re·cat·ing·ly, adverbself-dep·re·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby self-deprecating

self-defence, self-defense, self-deliverance, self-delusion, self-denial, self-deprecating, self-depreciating, self-destruct, self-destruction, self-destructive, self-determination

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How to use self-deprecating in a sentence

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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
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Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
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British Dictionary definitions for self-deprecating

self-deprecating

self-depreciating

adjective

having a tendency to disparage oneself

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