SINCE 1828
self-denigrating
adjective
self-den·i·grat·ing
| \ ˌself-ˈde-ni-ˌgrā-tiŋ
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Definition of self-denigrating
: tending or serving to belittle or disparage oneself
a self-denigrating joke As Nicholas, post-divorce, confronts a compositional writer's block, Hazel morphs into a sad, self-denigrating divorcee.— Karen Campbell
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