self-deprecation
/ˌsɛlfdɛprɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
Modesty about or criticism of oneself: an artist with a penchant for wry self-deprecation...
- The most important weapon in the arsenal of the satirist is a rifle made entirely of self-deprecation.
- The wry Irishman breaks into a gentle smirk, conveying the whiff of arch self-deprecation.
- His eye for detail, his re-creation of dialogue, his ironic tone, his self-deprecation, all serve a memoirist well.
- anuric
- anus
- Anvers
- anvil
- ANWR
- anxiety
- anxiety-free
- anxiety-ridden
- anxiolytic
- anxious
- anxiously
- anxiousness
- any
- any amount of
- anybody
- anybody's guess
- anybody's (or anyone's) guess
- any day
- anyhoo
- anyhow
- any minute (or at any minute)
- any moment (or at any moment)
- anymore
- any more (also anymore)
- any number of