self-deprecating (Meaning)
self-deprecating (s)
conscious of your own shortcomings
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-deprecating
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- overconfident
- smug
- narcissistic
- aggressive
- cocky
- cocky
- forward
- egocentric
- audacious
- prideful
- bold
- saucy
- cheeky
- smug
- assertive
- assertive
- bold
- cocksure
- hubristic
- forward
- impudent
- brash
- confident
- impertinent
- narcissistic
- overconfident
- impertinent
- saucy
- egoistic
- prideful
- brash
- boastful
- confident
- egocentric
- brassy
- egoistic
- aggressive
- impudent
- brassy
- cocksure
- boastful
- cheeky
- hubristic
- audacious
Synonyms:
- unassertive
- demure
- simple
- self-deprecatory
- submissive
- unpretentious
- lowly
- quiet
- deferential
- down-to-earth
- subdued
- resigned
- timid
- aw-shucks
- acquiescent
- unassuming
- self-effacing
- modest
Antonyms:
- pretentious
- bombastic
- uninhibited
- self-obsessed
- disdainful
- self-contented
- domineering
- self-centered
- magisterial
- arrogant
- self-conceited
- egoistical
- dominating
- extroverted
- self-obsessed
- dominant
- self-contented
- ostentatious
- showy
- self-complacent
- braggy
- domineering
- supercilious
- egotistical
- disdainful
- pompous
- flamboyant
- stuck-up
- pretentious
- egotistical
- self-engrossed
- flamboyant
- patronizing
- self-congratulatory
- self-important
- condescending
- patronizing
- braggy
- self-important
- bombastic
- swaggering
- condescending
- ostentatious
- pompous
- dominant
- showy
- arrogant
- haughty
- self-complacent
- self-confident
- outgoing
- self-engrossed
- uninhibited
- self-satisfied
- dominating
- self-centered
- haughty
- egoistical
- vain
- supercilious
- self-congratulatory
- self-confident
- swaggering
- stuck-up
- vainglorious
- outgoing
- self-satisfied
- overbearing
- overbearing
- magisterial
- extroverted
- vainglorious
- self-conceited
- vain
Synonyms:
- sheepish
- plain
- unaggressive
- yielding
- bashful
- retiring
- passive
- cowering
- unaffected
- shrinking
- diffident
- compliant
- reserved
- unobtrusive
- naïve
- shy
- cringing
- mousy
- naive
- introverted
- ingenuous
Antonyms:
- chesty
- overweening
- high-and-mighty
- overweening
- presumptuous
- bumptious
- bumptious
- hifalutin
- self-affected
- swelled-headed
- huffy
- presuming
- hifalutin
- uppity
- superior
- presumptuous
- egotistic
- extraverted
- huffy
- peremptory
- unreserved
- high-handed
- lordly
- presuming
- lordly
- self-pleased
- immodest
- swelled-headed
- high-and-mighty
- self-assertive
- uppish
- extraverted
- self-pleased
- superior
- uppity
- highfalutin
- highfalutin
- conceited
- egotistic
- pontificating
- high-hat
- imperious
- chesty
- pontificating
- high-handed
- self-assertive
- peremptory
- high-hat
- self-affected
- imperious
- uppish
- conceited
- unreserved
- immodest
FAQs About the word self-deprecating
conscious of your own shortcomings
humble, meek, unassertive, demure, simple,self-deprecatory, submissive, unpretentious, lowly, quiet
overconfident, smug, narcissistic,aggressive, cocky, cocky, forward, egocentric, audacious, prideful
The comedian's self-deprecating humor poked fun at his own foibles, endearing him to the audience.
She had a self-deprecating way of describing herself, often understating her accomplishments.
His self-deprecating smile betrayed a hint of insecurity beneath his jovial exterior.
Despite his success, he remained humble and self-deprecating, never forgetting his roots.
