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self-deprecate

self-deprecate verb: to deprecate oneself.

Verb

self-deprecate (third-person singular simple present self-deprecates, present participle self-deprecating, simple past and past participle self-deprecated)

  1. (intransitive) To deprecate oneself.

Forms of self-deprecate

third-person singular presentself-deprecates
present participleself-deprecating
past participleself-deprecated
pastself-deprecated

Origin of self-deprecate

From self- + deprecate.

Questions about self-deprecate

What does self-deprecate mean?
Self-deprecate means to deprecate oneself.
What part of speech is self-deprecate?
Self-deprecate is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-deprecate?
The past tense of self-deprecate is self-deprecated.

Words near self-deprecate in the dictionary

  1. self-deportation
  2. self-deportations
  3. self-deported
  4. self-deporting
  5. self-deports
  6. self-deprecate
  7. self-deprecated
  8. self-deprecates
  9. self-deprecating
  10. self-deprecatingly
  11. self-deprecation

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