Usually means: Modest, downplaying one's own abilities.
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  1. self-effacing: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-effacing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-effacing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-effacing, self-effacing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-effacing: Vocabulary.com
  6. Self-effacing, self-effacing: Wordnik
  7. self-effacing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. self-effacing: Wiktionary
  9. self-effacing: Dictionary.com
  10. self-effacing: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. self-effacing: Rhymezone
  12. self-effacing: FreeDictionary.org
  13. self-effacing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. self-effacing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. self-effacing: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Shy, extremely humble and modest; making oneself seem unnoticeable.

Similar:
reticent, unassertive, bashful, unassuming, low-profile, diffident, low-key, self-abased, poor, noteless, more...

Opposite:
assertive, confident, self-assured, self-confident

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Similar:
reticent, unassertive, bashful, unassuming, low-profile, diffident, low-key, self-abased, poor, noteless, more...

Opposite:
assertive, confident, self-assured, self-confident

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     gray,     olive,     mauve, more...



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