Tom's a polite, kind, and self-effacing chap who you wouldn't hesitate to introduce to your parents.
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Self-effacing
Synonyms for "self-effacing" (52 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (26)
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22 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- huomaamaton adj (extremely humble and modest)
- nöyrä adj (extremely humble and modest)
- vaatimaton adj (extremely humble and modest)
German
4 entries- bescheiden adj (extremely humble and modest)
- demütig adj (extremely humble and modest)
- sanft adj (extremely humble and modest)
- sanftmütig adj (extremely humble and modest)
Italian
4 entries- introverso adj (extremely humble and modest)
- pavido adj (extremely humble and modest)
- schivo adj (extremely humble and modest)
- timido adj (extremely humble and modest)
Māori
4 entries- hūnguengue adj (extremely humble and modest)
- tāharahara adj (extremely humble and modest)
- whakamōwai adj (extremely humble and modest)
- whakapāpaku adj (extremely humble and modest)
Polish
1 entries- skromny adj (extremely humble and modest)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- samozatajan adj (extremely humble and modest)
Swedish
1 entries- självutplånande adj (extremely humble and modest)
Sample sentences
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Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.
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[…] When asked about this, Muldoon's self-effacing response is: “I don't think so!”
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His personality was also extremely endearing, his interviews were very self-effacing (and), he came over as gentle and was generous in his praise of others.
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