self-deprecating Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- unassuming
- lowly
- resigned
- down-to-earth
- acquiescent
- modest
- quiet
- submissive
- timid
- aw-shucks
- unpretentious
- deferential
- self-effacing
- demure
- simple
- self-deprecatory
- unassertive
- subdued
Weak:
Strongest:
- prideful
- egoistic
- assertive
- audacious
- cheeky
- aggressive
- impertinent
- forward
- saucy
- saucy
- bold
- assertive
- narcissistic
- brassy
- smug
- confident
- brash
- cocksure
- hubristic
- cocky
- boastful
- hubristic
- overconfident
- audacious
- cocky
- boastful
- smug
- cheeky
- confident
- brassy
- egocentric
- narcissistic
- aggressive
- brash
- overconfident
- prideful
- impertinent
- bold
- cocksure
- impudent
- impudent
- forward
- egoistic
- egocentric
Strong:
- ostentatious
- extroverted
- supercilious
- self-important
- braggy
- vainglorious
- stuck-up
- self-contented
- magisterial
- supercilious
- stuck-up
- overbearing
- domineering
- dominating
- self-engrossed
- pretentious
- egotistical
- outgoing
- bombastic
- self-complacent
- haughty
- self-satisfied
- patronizing
- self-complacent
- dominant
- arrogant
- swaggering
- self-centered
- self-centered
- outgoing
- disdainful
- condescending
- condescending
- disdainful
- magisterial
- self-contented
- arrogant
- vainglorious
- showy
- dominant
- self-conceited
- self-confident
- swaggering
- self-conceited
- flamboyant
- vain
- self-congratulatory
- extroverted
- showy
- self-congratulatory
- flamboyant
- vain
- self-obsessed
- self-confident
- pompous
- egoistical
- pompous
- egoistical
- self-engrossed
- overbearing
- uninhibited
- braggy
- haughty
- uninhibited
- dominating
- self-obsessed
- self-satisfied
- bombastic
- domineering
- ostentatious
- pretentious
- self-important
- egotistical
- patronizing
Weak:
- huffy
- pontificating
- egotistic
- extraverted
- imperious
- pontificating
- presumptuous
- high-and-mighty
- self-pleased
- self-assertive
- self-affected
- uppity
- hifalutin
- lordly
- uppish
- highfalutin
- egotistic
- peremptory
- self-assertive
- extraverted
- self-pleased
- swelled-headed
- swelled-headed
- conceited
- presumptuous
- lordly
- unreserved
- uppish
- chesty
- high-hat
- overweening
- unreserved
- immodest
- high-handed
- imperious
- bumptious
- superior
- presuming
- immodest
- high-and-mighty
- presuming
- conceited
- bumptious
- high-handed
- chesty
- overweening
- self-affected
- high-hat
- hifalutin
- huffy
- peremptory
- superior
- highfalutin
- uppity
self-deprecating Meaning
self-deprecating (s)
conscious of your own shortcomings
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, unassuming, lowly, resigned, down-to-earth, acquiescent, modest, quiet, submissive
prideful, egoistic, assertive, audacious, cheeky,aggressive, impertinent, forward, saucy, saucy
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.