self-effacing

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English

Etymology

From self- +‎ effacing.

Adjective

self-effacing (comparative more self-effacing, superlative most self-effacing)

  1. Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.
    Clark Kent's self-effacing behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.
    • 2007 January 3, Ian Gillan, “DEEP PURPLE Frontman: ELVIS PRESLEY 'Was The Greatest Singer That Ever Lived'”, in blabbermouth.net‎:
      His personality was also extremely endearing, his interviews were very self-effacing (and), he came over as gentle and was generous in his praise of others.
    • 2001 May 12, Robert Potts, quoting Paul Muldoon, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      […] When asked about this, Muldoon's self-effacing response is: “I don't think so!”
    • 2010, “Age of Adz”, in The Age of Adz, performed by Sufjan Stevens:
      I'm sorry if I seem self-effacing / Consumed by selfish thoughts / It's only that I still love you deeply / It's all the love I got

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