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Synonyms & Antonyms of self-effacing
not comfortable around people
- he's dating a sweet, self-effacing girl
Synonyms for self-effacing
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Near Antonyms for self-effacing
- boon,
- clubbable
- (also clubable),
- companionable,
- convivial,
- gregarious,
- sociable,
- social
Antonyms for self-effacing
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest,
- outgoing
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“Self-effacing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-effacing. Accessed 27 Jul. 2021.
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The first known use of self-effacing was in 1854
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