Synonyms of self-deprecating

self-deprecating

adjective

as in humble

formal meant to make yourself or the things you do seem unimportant

He spoke in a self-deprecating tone.

self-deprecating humor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humble
• meek
• self-deprecatory
• self-effacing
• subdued
• unassuming
• down-to-earth
• modest
• aw-shucks
• unpretentious
• simple
• deferential
• unassertive
• timid
• quiet
• demure
• lowly
• submissive
• resigned
• acquiescent
• compliant
• unaggressive
• passive
• unaffected
• yielding
• naïve
• reserved
• shrinking
• ingenuous
• naive
• sheepish
• bashful
• cringing
• plain
• diffident
• unobtrusive
• introverted
• shy
• cowering
• mousy
• retiring
• mousey
• overmodest

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggressive
• cheeky
• assertive
• impudent
• cocky
• confident
• saucy
• brash
• brassy
• audacious
• bold
• narcissistic
• impertinent
• overconfident
• smug
• forward
• cocksure
• hubristic
• egocentric
• boastful
• prideful
• egoistic
• egoistical
• vain
• condescending
• bombastic
• vainglorious
• dominant
• swaggering
• patronizing
• disdainful
• self-confident
• overbearing
• domineering
• flamboyant
• showy
• self-centered
• self-important
• self-congratulatory
• self-satisfied
• arrogant
• ostentatious
• magisterial
• outgoing
• self-obsessed
• uninhibited
• self-contented
• self-engrossed
• self-complacent
• self-conceited
• egotistical
• braggy
• dominating
• extroverted
• pretentious
• haughty
• pompous
• supercilious
• stuck-up
• conceited
• extraverted
• unreserved
• self-affected
• self-pleased
• presumptuous
• superior
• immodest
• bumptious
• swelled-headed
• egotistic
• imperious
• peremptory
• high-and-mighty
• uppity
• huffy
• high-handed
• uppish
• overweening
• highfalutin
• high-hat
• pontificating
• chesty
• lordly
• presuming
• self-assertive
• hifalutin
• self-asserting
• hoity-toity
• huffish
• toploftical
• toplofty
• fastuous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-deprecating

April is funny and self-deprecating, seemingly comfortable in her skin despite the constant questioning of her gender. —Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025

Murray was self-deprecating when his jokes didn’t land with the audience. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025

Uecker was best known as a colorful comedian and broadcaster whose sense of humor and self-deprecating style earned him fame and affection beyond his .200 batting average. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025

Lynch plays Cole as a secular prophet, a grand and monumental presence dispensing wisdom and judgment with a self-deprecating yet oracular intensity. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025