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self-deprecating adjectiveModest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so: self-deprecating jokes...- I like the fact that she's never falsely modest, just self-deprecating.
- In person he is down-to-earth, funny and modest with a self-deprecating charm.
- He is self-deprecating and self-effacing and has used humor to deflect criticism about his inadequacy and deficiency.
Derivativesself-deprecatingly adverb ...- They laughed readily and joked self-deprecatingly.
- They concern themselves with the real world and address its problems, satirically or self-deprecatingly.
- ‘I was going to organize the poor,’ he says, self-deprecatingly.
self-deprecatory adjective ...- Worldwide, men draw sighs of relief from the knowledge that they, too, are in with a chance; women ignore the fact that he wouldn't get a second glance in the street and idolise his self-deprecatory sense of humour.
- I could be self-righteous and put down some self-deprecatory stuff about myself but I hope that all my faults are plainly visible here already.
- They refer frequently to the strange way their minds work, usually a self-deprecatory remark which isn't made with self-deprecating intent.
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