Adjective
self-deprecatory (comparative more self-deprecatory, superlative most self-deprecatory)
Expressing disapproval of oneself.
self deprecatory
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