self-effacing

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: self-ef=fac=ing

OXFORD DICTIONARY

self-effacing, adj. retiring; modest; timid.

Derivative

self-effacement n. self-effacingly adv.

THESAURUS

self-effacing

altruistic, backward, bashful, committed, consecrated, dedicated, deprecative, deprecatory, devoted, diffident, disinterested, humble, modest, rabbity, retiring, sacrificing, self-abasing, self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-deprecating, self-depreciating, self-depreciative, self-devoted, self-distrustful, self-doubting, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful, self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing, self-unconscious, selfless, shy, timid, unacquisitive, unassertive, unassured, unpossessive, unpretentious, unselfconfident, unselfish, unselfreliant, unsparing of self