self-deprecating (Meaning)
self-deprecating (s)
conscious of your own shortcomings
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-deprecating
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- confident
- impertinent
- impudent
- boastful
- impertinent
- smug
- overconfident
- aggressive
- impudent
- brassy
- aggressive
- smug
- forward
- brash
- confident
- hubristic
- assertive
- cocksure
- prideful
- cheeky
- saucy
- hubristic
- prideful
- egoistic
- saucy
- narcissistic
- egoistic
- bold
- boastful
- brash
- overconfident
- cheeky
- egocentric
- assertive
- egocentric
- narcissistic
- audacious
- cocky
- cocky
- audacious
- bold
- brassy
- cocksure
- forward
Synonyms:
- deferential
- unassuming
- unassertive
- aw-shucks
- resigned
- simple
- self-deprecatory
- subdued
- demure
- timid
- submissive
- acquiescent
- modest
- quiet
- down-to-earth
- lowly
- self-effacing
- unpretentious
Antonyms:
- disdainful
- patronizing
- self-obsessed
- self-centered
- disdainful
- supercilious
- extroverted
- self-contented
- self-obsessed
- self-satisfied
- condescending
- stuck-up
- showy
- self-complacent
- domineering
- dominant
- bombastic
- ostentatious
- outgoing
- self-engrossed
- overbearing
- self-contented
- dominant
- haughty
- self-congratulatory
- self-engrossed
- vainglorious
- self-congratulatory
- self-conceited
- bombastic
- haughty
- self-satisfied
- egoistical
- extroverted
- self-complacent
- stuck-up
- egotistical
- pretentious
- dominating
- flamboyant
- pretentious
- self-conceited
- magisterial
- patronizing
- vainglorious
- flamboyant
- outgoing
- egoistical
- pompous
- self-important
- swaggering
- vain
- magisterial
- uninhibited
- supercilious
- overbearing
- domineering
- arrogant
- ostentatious
- pompous
- dominating
- self-confident
- arrogant
- braggy
- showy
- self-confident
- vain
- swaggering
- self-important
- braggy
- uninhibited
- condescending
- egotistical
- self-centered
Synonyms:
- cringing
- sheepish
- shy
- ingenuous
- yielding
- mousy
- naive
- unaggressive
- shrinking
- passive
- plain
- retiring
- bashful
- reserved
- introverted
- unaffected
- naïve
- cowering
- diffident
- compliant
- unobtrusive
Antonyms:
- imperious
- self-pleased
- high-and-mighty
- immodest
- unreserved
- egotistic
- presuming
- uppish
- superior
- extraverted
- self-affected
- chesty
- bumptious
- conceited
- chesty
- uppity
- self-assertive
- highfalutin
- presumptuous
- self-assertive
- extraverted
- bumptious
- lordly
- superior
- high-and-mighty
- egotistic
- highfalutin
- hifalutin
- swelled-headed
- unreserved
- uppity
- swelled-headed
- high-hat
- immodest
- lordly
- huffy
- pontificating
- conceited
- high-handed
- high-hat
- overweening
- self-pleased
- presumptuous
- peremptory
- presuming
- high-handed
- uppish
- peremptory
- pontificating
- overweening
- huffy
- hifalutin
- imperious
- self-affected
self-deprecating Sentence Examples
- 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.
- The speaker's self-deprecating jokes lightened the mood of the conference.
- Her self-deprecating confession about her love for reality television made her friends laugh out loud.
- The politician used self-deprecating anecdotes to connect with voters on a personal level.
- His self-deprecating nature made him a likeable and approachable colleague.
- She employed a subtle form of self-deprecating charm to deflect attention from her own accomplishments.
- The interviewee's self-deprecating comments revealed a healthy sense of self-awareness and a lack of arrogance.
FAQs About the word self-deprecating
conscious of your own shortcomings
meek,humble, deferential, unassuming, unassertive, aw-shucks, resigned, simple,self-deprecatory, subdued
confident, impertinent, impudent, boastful, impertinent, smug, overconfident,aggressive, impudent, brassy
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.