Word info

self-deprecatory

Adjective

Meaning

self-deprecatory (comparative more self-deprecatory, superlative most self-deprecatory)

Expressing disapproval of oneself.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

self deprecatory

Examples

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. John Shelton Reed

Close letter words and terms