adj
Meaning 1
Expressing disapproval of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-deprecatory
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-deprecating
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Pronunciation
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/ˌsɛlfˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/
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CMU ARPABET: S EH2 L F D EH1 P R AH0 K EY2 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Unassuming, modest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of self-deprecate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
conscious of your own shortcomings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English deprecating English self-deprecating From self- + deprecating.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 自貶的 /自贬的 (zìbiǎnde) — disapproval of self
- Finnish: itseään vähättelevä — disapproval of self
- Finnish: itseironinen — disapproval of self
- French: autodérisoire — disapproval of self
- German: selbstironisch — disapproval of self
- German: selbstkritisch — disapproval of self
- German: selbsterniedrigend — disapproval of self
- Italian: autoironico — disapproval of self
- Japanese: 自虐的 (jigyakuteki) — disapproval of self
- Macedonian: самоомаловажувачки (samoomalovažuvački) — disapproval of self
- Māori: tāharahara — disapproval of self
- Polish: autoironiczny — disapproval of self
- Portuguese: autodepreciativo — disapproval of self
- Spanish: autoirónico — disapproval of self
- Spanish: autoparódico — disapproval of self
- Spanish: autodespreciativo — disapproval of self
- Spanish: autoirrisorio — disapproval of self
- Spanish: autodespectivo — disapproval of self
- Swedish: självironisk — disapproval of self
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