self-deprecatingformal
showing that you feel embarrassed, especially by praise: (尤指受赞扬时)不好意思的,难为情的,窘迫的
She reacted to his compliments with a deprecating laugh.听了他的赞扬,她不好意思地笑了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Critical & uncomplimentary
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censorious
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Shy and modest
deprecatingadjective (NOT APPROVING)
formal
showing that you do not approve of something: 反对的,不赞成的
The teacher gave the boys a deprecating stare.老师使劲瞪了男孩们一眼。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Critical & uncomplimentary
acidulous
aloof
astringency
astringently
barbed
be all very wellidiom
captious
censorious
derogatory
hypercritical
pungently
scarifying
scarifyingly
scathing
scathingly
scorchingly
shade
uncomplimentary
venomous
witheringly
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deprecatingly