self-deprecating

Questions about self-deprecating

What is the opposite of self-deprecating?

WordNet records no antonym for self-deprecating. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Does this page cover every sense of self-deprecating?

It covers the 0 senses that carry a synonym, antonym, broader or narrower term. The remaining 1 sense has none recorded, so it is left off a thesaurus page and shown in full on the word page instead.

Where do the synonyms for self-deprecating come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of self-deprecating

• Full entry for self-deprecatingAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for self-deprecatingWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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