Self-effacing

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  self-effacing
       adj : reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: {reticent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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