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self-depreciating
[ self-di-pree-shee-ey-ting, self- ]
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- self-de·pre·ci·a·tion [self-di-pree-shee-, ey, -sh, uh, n, self-], noun
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Centuries later, the term "self-depreciating" was coined to describe speech that belittles or humbles oneself.
But "self-depreciating" is a mouthful: six syllables, counting the dipthong as two.
He is not intended as a type of the meek, self-depreciating person who lets slander pass without a protest.
But Judy was too much engaged with her own numerous gifts to contradict this self-depreciating statement.
Soldiers—let a woman hesitate to speak of their dress and arms in any tone but that of self-depreciating humility.
Had you been self-depreciating and oversensitive, what I said would have turned you from that field of effort.
But the fact is that both of these self-depreciating New Englanders were stimulating and valuable teachers.
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