Self-praise refers to the act of boasting about one's own abilities or accomplishments. Antonyms for self-praise include modesty, humility, understatement, self-deprecation, and self-effacement. Modesty is a way of behaving that shows respect for other people's achievements and opinions. People who are humble do not exaggerate their own abilities or accomplishments. Understatement refers to the presentation of facts in a way that downplays their significance. Self-deprecation is the act of belittling or criticizing oneself in a humorous way. Finally, self-effacement refers to a behavior that involves putting others' needs and interests ahead of one's own. Using these antonyms can help individuals avoid appearing egotistical or self-centered, and instead foster positive relationships with peers and colleagues.

What are the antonyms for Self-praise?

• n.

  • egotism
  • humility
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  • modesty
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  • shyness
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  • timidity
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Famous quotes with Self-praise

• Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

  Arnold Bennett
• Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the insidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

  Tyron Edwards
• Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

  Tryon Edwards
• 'No, not little song,' replied the Rat firmly, though his heart bled as he noticed the trembling lip of the poor disappointed Toad. 'It's no good, Toady; you know well that your songs are all conceit and boasting and vanity; and your speeches are all self-praise and — and — well, and gross exaggeration and — and — ' 'And gas,' put in the Badger, in his common way.

  Kenneth Grahame
• Actually we were brought up to ingratitude - a relentless training through which we were taught to find nothing whatever good in ourselves, whether natural or spiritual..Conquering pride and conceit, they called it, practising humility, self-praise is no praise - all very well...Was pride crushed by all this snubbing and humiliation? Was it not rather ...Worse still, we learnt this way to cultivate the eye of Hans Andersen's Snow Queen , over-vigilant, super-critical sight, sharpened to discover the worm in every bud, even the tiniest plant-louse! For if one practises this sort of discipline on oneself, day and night, it is asking too much - at any rate of a young girl - to judge one's neighbour by another yard-stick. All the time one's lynx-eyed consciousness remained on the alert, quick to pounce on everything negative - in you and in myself...Hans Andersen well knew how near this attitude is to blasphemy.

  Ida Friederike Görres

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