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deprecative

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Adjective

given to expressing disapproval

tending to diminish or disparage
- belittling comments
- managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
- deprecatory remarks about the book
- a slighting remark

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Synonyms:
belittling deprecating deprecatory depreciative depreciatory slighting

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "deprecative":
deprecative depreciative
Words contain "deprecative":
deprecative deprecatively
Words contain "deprecative" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
deprecatively deprecative

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