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Arivne
Since: Jan, 2001
2019-12-29 01:14:49
The best place to ask this specific type of question is on Trope Finder, which is specifically designed to answer them.
In any event, it looks like we already have this as Dismissing a Compliment.

Is there a trope for this? Someone who just can't accept any sort of compliment no matter how deserved it is. I don't think it is quite Heroic Self-Deprecation since that implies that they feel they are inherently worthless. It's just not being able to take a compliment by either deflecting credit elsewhere when they are fully responsible for the achievement or trying to downplay it. Basically just thinking they're not as great as they really are.
It would be more of a direct inversion to Can't Take Criticism. Instead of not being able to accept any form of criticism, they can't accept any form of compliment.