self-deprecating

1. 1.

   conscious of your own shortcomings

   Similarapologetic

Questions about self-deprecating

What does self-deprecating mean?

self-deprecating means "conscious of your own shortcomings".

How many syllables are in self-deprecating?

self-deprecating has 5 syllables: self--dep-re-ca-ting. The stress falls on "dep". In IPA it is /ˌsɛlfˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/.

Is self-deprecating a common word?

self-deprecating is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with self-deprecating?

6 words rhyme with self-deprecating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.