self-deprecatingly Synonyms
Strongest:
- brashly
- contemptuously
- imperiously
- pompously
- huffily
- pridefully
- scornfully
- audaciously
- brazenly
- haughtily
- pretentiously
- arrogantly
- boldly
- proudly
- loftily
- presumptuously
- superciliously
Strong:
- swaggeringly
- saucily
- recklessly
- disrespectfully
- fearlessly
- rudely
- self-importantly
- impertinently
- disdainfully
- discourteously
- rashly
Weak:
self-deprecatingly Meaning
self-deprecatingly
tending or serving to disparage or undervalue oneself
self-deprecatingly Sentence Examples
- John self-deprecatingly admitted his inability to play chess, joking that he made the pawns cry.
- Mary shared her embarrassing childhood story self-deprecatingly, poking fun at her clumsy antics.
- The comedian's self-deprecating jokes about his appearance drew laughter from the audience.
- The professor self-deprecatingly commented on his forgetfulness, saying he couldn't even remember what he had said five minutes ago.
- The politician self-deprecatingly dismissed his own accomplishments, claiming he was merely a cog in the political machine.
- The athlete self-deprecatingly attributed his success to pure luck, saying he was just a "lucky oaf."
- The artist self-deprecatingly criticized their own work, saying it was "a testament to artistic mediocrity."
- The author self-deprecatingly acknowledged their writing as "a collection of poorly disguised plagiarism."
- The musician self-deprecatingly described their song as "a cacophony of noise that would make a cat cry."
- The teacher self-deprecatingly joked that they were the only person who would fail their own students' test.
FAQs About the word self-deprecatingly
tending or serving to disparage or undervalue oneself
diffidently, timorously,bashfully, timidly, shyly, sheepishly, civilly, respectfully,politely, courteously
brashly, contemptuously, imperiously, pompously, huffily, pridefully, scornfully, audaciously, brazenly, haughtily
John self-deprecatingly admitted his inability to play chess, joking that he made the pawns cry.
Mary shared her embarrassing childhood story self-deprecatingly, poking fun at her clumsy antics.
The comedian's self-deprecating jokes about his appearance drew laughter from the audience.
The professor self-deprecatingly commented on his forgetfulness, saying he couldn't even remember what he had said five minutes ago.
