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.
self-deprecating Meaning
self-deprecating (s)
conscious of your own shortcomings
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-deprecating
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- cocky
- cocksure
- prideful
- confident
- forward
- forward
- overconfident
- cheeky
- impertinent
- brassy
- impudent
- aggressive
- cocky
- egocentric
- prideful
- cocksure
- saucy
- egoistic
- bold
- brash
- hubristic
- cheeky
- boastful
- overconfident
- bold
- smug
- impertinent
- assertive
- brassy
- smug
- narcissistic
- saucy
- confident
- egocentric
- impudent
- audacious
- audacious
- aggressive
- egoistic
- boastful
- brash
- hubristic
- assertive
- narcissistic
Synonyms:
- self-effacing
- lowly
- deferential
- subdued
- modest
- down-to-earth
- simple
- demure
- aw-shucks
- timid
- submissive
- quiet
- unassuming
- unpretentious
- resigned
- unassertive
- self-deprecatory
- acquiescent
Antonyms:
- bombastic
- self-important
- flamboyant
- condescending
- overbearing
- swaggering
- domineering
- stuck-up
- uninhibited
- self-centered
- flamboyant
- self-confident
- arrogant
- self-contented
- self-satisfied
- self-engrossed
- dominating
- outgoing
- egotistical
- self-obsessed
- haughty
- braggy
- magisterial
- domineering
- supercilious
- self-complacent
- disdainful
- self-satisfied
- pretentious
- outgoing
- egotistical
- showy
- pompous
- self-important
- stuck-up
- egoistical
- self-contented
- self-obsessed
- ostentatious
- self-conceited
- pretentious
- pompous
- vainglorious
- self-congratulatory
- patronizing
- uninhibited
- swaggering
- patronizing
- self-engrossed
- self-conceited
- vain
- overbearing
- supercilious
- self-complacent
- extroverted
- condescending
- haughty
- ostentatious
- dominant
- dominating
- disdainful
- braggy
- vainglorious
- magisterial
- self-centered
- dominant
- vain
- self-confident
- self-congratulatory
- extroverted
- egoistical
- arrogant
- bombastic
- showy
Synonyms:
- compliant
- unobtrusive
- passive
- bashful
- na-ve
- shrinking
- naive
- cringing
- sheepish
- shy
- introverted
- yielding
- retiring
- unaggressive
- cowering
- unaffected
- reserved
- mousy
- ingenuous
- diffident
- plain
Antonyms:
- egotistic
- hifalutin
- conceited
- extraverted
- immodest
- self-assertive
- bumptious
- high-and-mighty
- imperious
- uppity
- peremptory
- immodest
- highfalutin
- high-hat
- overweening
- conceited
- presumptuous
- highfalutin
- unreserved
- superior
- high-handed
- chesty
- bumptious
- chesty
- swelled-headed
- hifalutin
- high-handed
- lordly
- self-affected
- high-and-mighty
- peremptory
- swelled-headed
- presumptuous
- uppish
- lordly
- uppish
- presuming
- overweening
- unreserved
- self-assertive
- presuming
- uppity
- huffy
- huffy
- self-pleased
- self-affected
- high-hat
- pontificating
- egotistic
- pontificating
- superior
- extraverted
- imperious
- self-pleased
FAQs About the word self-deprecating
conscious of your own shortcomings
meek,humble, self-effacing, lowly, deferential, subdued, modest, down-to-earth, simple, demure
cocky, cocksure, prideful, confident, forward, forward, overconfident, cheeky, impertinent, 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.