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self–effacing
Synonyms and Antonyms of self–effacing
not comfortable around people he's dating a sweet, self-effacing girl Synonyms of self–effacing backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, self-effacing, sheepish, withdrawnWords Related to self–effacing antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial; awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising; inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptightNear Antonyms of self–effacing boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social; bold, dashing, forceful; brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreservedAntonyms of self–effacing extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing
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