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self-effacing

adjective

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backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, introverted, modest, recessive, retiring, sheepish, shy, withdrawn

Words Related to self-effacing

antisocial, lone, lone-wolf, unsociable, unsocial

awkward, embarrassed, self-conscious, unadventurous, unassertive, unenterprising

inhibited, reserved, uneasy, uptight

Near Antonyms of self-effacing

boon, clubbable (also clubable), companionable, convivial, gregarious, sociable, social

bold, dashing, forceful

brash, forward, overbold, uninhibited, unreserved

Antonyms of self-effacing

extroverted (also extraverted), immodest, outgoing

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