A word for someone that deflects compliment?

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What's the word for a type of person that responds to a compliment by complaining about it(as an attempt to deflect this compliment)?

e.g. Mark: Hey dude! Your new haircut looks pretty sick!

Dave(who thinks it's pretty good himself): Nah.. The hairdresser should've done a better job on the sides

Reisen · Answer

Words that come to mind:
"superficial"
"Ostensible"

A superficial person who denies praise despite believing it to be true themselves.  
  
  A person with ostensible humility, when in truth their opinion of themselves (themself?) is high.

TsSkTo · Answer

self-deprecating

Belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.

Wiki

Self-deprecation is the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, or disparaging oneself,1 or being excessively modest.2[3] It can be used in humor and tension release.[4]

David Blinn · Answer

Or maybe they are just humble and dont want to get a big ego...

A word for someone that deflects compliment?

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