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self-depreciate

self-depreciate verb: to depreciate oneself; to belittle oneself.

Verb

self-depreciate (third-person singular simple present self-depreciates, present participle self-depreciating, simple past and past participle self-depreciated)

  1. (intransitive) To depreciate oneself; to belittle oneself.

Forms of self-depreciate

third-person singular presentself-depreciates
present participleself-depreciating
past participleself-depreciated
pastself-depreciated

Origin of self-depreciate

From self- + depreciate. Frequently used until the 1980s and is now a minor variant of "self-deprecation".

Questions about self-depreciate

What does self-depreciate mean?
Self-depreciate means to depreciate oneself; to belittle oneself.
What part of speech is self-depreciate?
Self-depreciate is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-depreciate?
The past tense of self-depreciate is self-depreciated.

Words near self-depreciate in the dictionary

  1. self-deprecates
  2. self-deprecating
  3. self-deprecatingly
  4. self-deprecation
  5. self-deprecatory
  6. self-depreciate
  7. self-depreciated
  8. self-depreciates
  9. self-depreciating
  10. self-depreciation
  11. self-deprivation

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