" deprecatory "

1: intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value;

  * e.g., " ... he typically followed up any mention of his accomplishments with some deprecatory comments about his perceived failures "

•  Synonyms : 

•  belittling,

•  contemptuous,

•  decrying,

•  degrading,

•  demeaning,

•  denigrative,

•  denigratory,

•  depreciative,

•  depreciatory,

•  derisory,

•  derogative,

•  derogatory,

•  detractive,

•  disdainful,

•  disparaging,

•  pejorative,

•  scornful,

•  slighting,

•  uncomplimentary

•  Antonyms : 

•  commendatory,

•  complimentary,

•  laudative,

•  laudatory

1: as in self-deprecating, self-effacing;

•  Synonyms : 

•  aw-shucks,

•  self-deprecating,

•  self-effacing,

•  demure,

•  down-to-earth,

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  meek,

•  modest,

•  unassuming,

•  unpretentious,

•  acquiescent,

•  compliant,

•  deferential,

•  resigned,

•  submissive,

•  unaggressive,

•  unassertive,

•  yielding,

•  cowering,

•  cringing,

•  shrinking,

•  ingenuous,

•  naive,

•  plain,

•  simple,

•  unaffected,

•  bashful,

•  diffident,

•  introverted,

•  mousy,

•  overmodest,

•  passive,

•  quiet,

•  reserved,

•  retiring,

•  sheepish,

•  shy,

•  subdued,

•  timid,

•  unobtrusive

•  Antonyms : 

•  aggressive,

•  assertive,

•  audacious,

•  bold,

•  brash,

•  brassy,

•  cheeky,

•  forward,

•  impertinent,

•  impudent,

•  saucy,

•  cocksure,

•  cocky,

•  confident,

•  hubristic,

•  overconfident,

•  self-confident,

•  egocentric,

•  egoistic,

•  narcissistic,

•  prideful,

•  self-affected,

•  self-centered,

•  self-complacent,

•  self-conceited,

•  self-congratulatory,

•  self-contented,

•  self-engrossed,

•  self-important,

•  self-obsessed,

•  self-pleased,

•  self-satisfied,

•  smug,

•  stuck-up,

•  swelled-headed,

•  boastful,

•  bombastic,

•  braggy,

•  swaggering,

•  vain,

•  vainglorious,

•  condescending,

•  disdainful,

•  dominant,

•  dominating,

•  domineering,

•  magisterial,

•  overbearing,

•  patronizing,

•  pontificating,

•  flamboyant,

•  ostentatious,

•  showy,

•  extroverted,

•  immodest,

•  outgoing,

•  uninhibited,

•  unreserved,

•  arrogant,

•  bumptious,

•  chesty,

•  conceited,

•  egotistic,

•  fastuous,

•  haughty,

•  high-and-mighty,

•  highfalutin,

•  high-handed,

•  high-hat,

•  hoity-toity,

•  huffish,

•  huffy,

•  imperious,

•  lordly,

•  overweening,

•  peremptory,

•  pompous,

•  presuming,

•  presumptuous,

•  pretentious,

•  self-asserting,

•  self-assertive,

•  supercilious,

•  superior,

•  toplofty,

•  uppish,

•  uppity