self-depreciate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To depreciate oneself; to belittle oneself.

Word forms

self-depreciate self-depreciates self-depreciating self-depreciated

Etymology

From self- + depreciate. Frequently used until the 1980s and is now a minor variant of "self-deprecation".

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