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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of self-deprecating

Trump couldn't think of a self-deprecating joke: 'There's nothing to say' Named after former New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith, the dinner benefits Catholic charities but is known for speakers making jokes about themselves and their political adversaries. —Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024

Instead, his attempt at writing dramas has been parlayed into a career that utilizes something Jones has more familiarity with: self-deprecating humor. —Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

As self-deprecating podcast co-host Joanne on NWT, sassy Bell is back! —Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 4 Oct. 2024

In an interview with People published Thursday, Puth opened up about the show’s on-the-fly dialogue and self-deprecating humor. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2024