Synonyms for self-effacement
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : self-i-feys-muh nt, self- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf ɪˈfeɪs mənt, ˌsɛlf- |
Top 10 synonyms for self-effacement
Définition of self-effacement
- noun modesty
- He wondered, with a fresh burst of self-effacement, what people would say about it.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- And, with her faculty for self-effacement, he knew she would not be unhappy.
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- She had learnt the art of self-effacement to the point of showing no trace of being there at all.
- Extract from : « The Limit » by Ada Leverson
- Her attitude toward him was perpetually one of self-effacement.
- Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser
- Did it dimly occur to him that the principle of this reserve was self-control and not self-effacement?
- Extract from : « Madame de Mauves » by Henry James
- Altogether, his demands upon her were reasonable to the point of self-effacement.
- Extract from : « The Happy End » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- Perhaps he had carried his principle of self-effacement too far.
- Extract from : « Kentucky in American Letters, v. 2 of 2 » by John Wilson Townsend
- Seclusion and self-effacement have hardly been synonymous with my euphonious name!
- Extract from : « Geraldine Farrar » by Geraldine Farrar
- Yet we must admit that this self-effacement had become a hindrance to their work.
- Extract from : « The Priestly Vocation » by Bishop Bernard Ward
- "Just happened to think of it," said Mr. Cassidy, with a coy gesture of self-effacement.
- Extract from : « Indiscretions of Archie » by P. G. Wodehouse
Antonyms for self-effacement
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