self-denying

1. 1.

   willing to deprive yourself

   Synonymsself-givingself-sacrificing

   Similarunselfish
2. 2.

   used especially of behavior

   Synonymsrenunciantrenunciativeself-abnegating

   Similarnonindulgent

Questions about self-denying

What does self-denying mean?

self-denying means "willing to deprive yourself". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-denying?

self-denying has 3 syllables: self--de-nying. The stress falls on "self-".

What is another word for self-denying?

Close synonyms include self-giving, self-sacrificing, renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-denying a common word?

self-denying is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.