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Definition of Self-deprecating
1. Adjective. Conscious of your own shortcomings.
Definition of Self-deprecating
1. Adjective. expressing disapproval or being critical of oneself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-deprecating
Literary usage of Self-deprecating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"self-deprecating humour lady columnists in Sunday newspapers use to protect
themselves —Times Literary Supp., 2 Oct. 1969 . . . a short, unpretentious and ..."
2. Poker Without Cards: A Consciousness Thriller by Ben Mack (2005)
"I suggest to the reader that if they want to be more powerful, they should stop
being self-deprecating, that being self-deprecating undermines your charisma ..."
3. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, Sir W Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1895)
"The nervous prophet, the self-deprecating herald, the apostle who allows himself
to be overborne by the clamour of the world, stultifies his own mission and ..."
4. Henry Adams and His World by David R. Contosta, Robert Muccigrosso (1993)
"6 This self-deprecating ambivalence is just one of the themes in Adams's multifaceted
life that were considered at the Brooklyn College symposium. ..."
5. Henry Adams and His World: Transactions, APS by David R. Contosta (2008)
"6 This self-deprecating ambivalence is just one of the themes in Adams's multifaceted
life that were considered at the Brooklyn College symposium. ..."
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