modesty

false modesty

A vain or hypocritical pretense of holding a low or humble opinion of oneself, one's abilities, or one's circumstance so as to encourage others to say the opposite. There's no need for that false modesty here; you are fully aware of your success and achievement, and you don't need me to reaffirm it for you. I find her false modesty quite unbecoming.

in all modesty

(humorous)

something that you say when you are going to talk about your own achievements I have to say, in all modesty, that we wouldn't have won the game if I hadn't been playing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emanuela	-	Italian, Romanian
Arnot	['a:nət]
Angelos	-	Greek
RoldÃO	-	Portuguese
Tianna	tee-AN-ə	English (Modern)
Narciso	nahr-CHEE-so (Italian), nahr-THEE-so (Spanish), nahr-SEE-so (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese