self-deprecating
adjective
self-dep·re·cat·ing
ˌself-ˈde-pri-ˌkā-tiŋ 
: tending or serving to disparage or undervalue oneself
self-deprecating humor
He is far too self-deprecating … to assume the persona of a celebrity.—
Eve MacSweeney
Eve MacSweeney
self-deprecatingly
adverb
… his own informal cluster of American dissident scholars, which self-deprecatingly calls itself the "consolation club" …
—Franklin Foer
Franklin Foer
Examples of self-deprecating in a Sentence
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Walker brings his sharp, wry, often self-deprecating humor to Comedy Works downtown, 1226 15th St., for an album taping on Friday, July 5, and Saturday, July 6 — with shows at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. each night.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024
The running joke on my five seasons covering the Marlins — a self-deprecating coping mechanism, really — was that at least one of my flights would get delayed on every trip.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Althoff is known for her deadpan humor and candid insights on her subjects, which catches them off guard, not to mention her self-deprecating demeanor.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 June 2024
But the show has always been smartly transparent and self-deprecating, identifying questions and criticisms the audience will have and addressing them before anyone would think to ask them.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
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John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 3 July 2024
The running joke on my five seasons covering the Marlins — a self-deprecating coping mechanism, really — was that at least one of my flights would get delayed on every trip.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Althoff is known for her deadpan humor and candid insights on her subjects, which catches them off guard, not to mention her self-deprecating demeanor.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 June 2024
But the show has always been smartly transparent and self-deprecating, identifying questions and criticisms the audience will have and addressing them before anyone would think to ask them.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for self-deprecating
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