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- [self-i-feys-muh nt, self-]
- /sɛlf ɪˈfeɪs/
- /self ɪˈfeɪs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [self-i-feys-muh nt, self-]
- /sɛlf ɪˈfeɪs/
Definitions of self-effacing word
- noun self-effacing the act or fact of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility. 1
- adjective self-effacing Someone who is self-effacing does not like talking about themselves or drawing attention to themselves. 0
- adjective self-effacing tending to make oneself, one's actions, etc, inconspicuous, esp because of humility or timidity; modest 0
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Origin of self-effacing
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70
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Parts of speech for Self-effacing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
self-effacing popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
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Synonyms for self-effacing
adj self-effacing
- apologetic — If you are apologetic, you show or say that you are sorry for causing trouble for someone, for hurting them, or for disappointing them.
- attritional — a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
- bashful — Someone who is bashful is shy and easily embarrassed.
- coy — evasive, esp in an annoying way
- diffident — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
adjective self-effacing
- abject — You use abject to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad.
- humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- rabbity — any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- withdrawing — Present participle of withdraw.
Antonyms for self-effacing
adjective self-effacing
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
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