Synonyms of self-deprecating

self-deprecating

adjective

as in humble

formal meant to make yourself or the things you do seem unimportant

He spoke in a self-deprecating tone.

self-deprecating humor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humble
• meek
• self-deprecatory
• self-effacing
• subdued
• unassuming
• down-to-earth
• modest
• aw-shucks
• unpretentious
• simple
• deferential
• unassertive
• timid
• quiet
• demure
• lowly
• submissive
• resigned
• acquiescent
• compliant
• unaggressive
• passive
• unaffected
• yielding
• naïve
• reserved
• shrinking
• ingenuous
• naive
• sheepish
• bashful
• cringing
• plain
• diffident
• unobtrusive
• introverted
• shy
• cowering
• mousy
• retiring
• mousey
• overmodest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggressive
• cheeky
• assertive
• impudent
• cocky
• confident
• saucy
• brash
• brassy
• audacious
• bold
• narcissistic
• impertinent
• overconfident
• smug
• forward
• cocksure
• hubristic
• egocentric
• boastful
• prideful
• egoistic
• egoistical
• vain
• condescending
• bombastic
• vainglorious
• dominant
• swaggering
• patronizing
• disdainful
• self-confident
• overbearing
• domineering
• flamboyant
• showy
• self-centered
• self-important
• self-congratulatory
• self-satisfied
• arrogant
• ostentatious
• magisterial
• outgoing
• self-obsessed
• uninhibited
• self-contented
• self-engrossed
• self-complacent
• self-conceited
• egotistical
• braggy
• dominating
• extroverted
• pretentious
• haughty
• pompous
• supercilious
• stuck-up
• conceited
• extraverted
• unreserved
• self-affected
• self-pleased
• presumptuous
• superior
• immodest
• bumptious
• swelled-headed
• egotistic
• imperious
• peremptory
• high-and-mighty
• uppity
• huffy
• high-handed
• uppish
• overweening
• highfalutin
• high-hat
• pontificating
• chesty
• lordly
• presuming
• self-assertive
• hifalutin
• self-asserting
• hoity-toity
• huffish
• toploftical
• toplofty
• fastuous

Examples of self-deprecating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By turns self-deprecating and dreamy, embattled and querying, her debut album confronts this strange new emotion in the methodical manner of a practiced designer. —Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024

In person, Smith was funny, self-deprecating and down-to-earth. —Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

The show merges the sharp comedy Rothwell is known for with a more serious tone — and even a musical number — as its self-deprecating protagonist takes life-altering professional and personal leaps. —Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2024

Related Video Winona Ryder Breaks Down 15 Looks, From Beetlejuice to Stranger Things What lends it some bite, however, is Gray’s self-deprecating humor. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024