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deprecating
adjective
(dep-re-cat-ing)
tending to diminish or disparage
Synonyms:
belittling
,
deprecative
,
deprecatory
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
slighting
,
Examples:
Managed a deprecating smile at the compliment.
Words Related to
deprecating
!
deprecatory
,
belittling
,
uncomplimentary
,
slighting
,
deprecative
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
mocking
,
sarcastic
,
tactless
,
ridiculing
,
ineloquent
,
verbosity
,
wordiness
,
flippant
,
uncharitable
,
disparaging
,
jokey
,
jocular
,
unpoetic
,
unstatesmanlike
,
sarcasms
,
unquotable
,
infelicitous
,
schoolmasterly
,
impolitic
,
jejune
,
ungentlemanly
,
rebarbative
,
indecorous
,
derisive
,
facetiousness
,
tautologies
,
contemptuous
,
raillery
,
puerile
,
orotund
,
tu quoque
,
disobliging
,
obtuse
,
dismissive
,
polysyllabic
,
unscholarly
,
sneery
,
schoolboyish
,
jocose
,
reviling
,
snide
,
pompous
,
intemperate
,
condescending
,
clownishness
,
snottiness
,
grandiloquent
,
glib
,
connotative
,
patronizing
,
hyperboles
,
uncouth
,
prolix
,
undiplomatic
,
pithiness
,
pronounciation
,
denigratory
,
parodic
,
filthily
,
slangy
,
vulgar
,
histrionic
,
inarticulateness
,
placatory
,
impertinent
,
reproachful
,
inelegant
,
upbraid
,
insincerely
,
crass
,
egotistically
,
pretentious
,
gaucherie
,
wilfulness
,
indiscrete
,
injudicious
,
unpardonably
,
sneering
,
lexis
,
inapt
,
maligning
,
contentless
,
waffly
,
incautious
,
amusing
,
loquacity
,
unmannerly
,
schoolmarmish
,
pedantry
,
castigating
,
presumptuousness
,
malapropism
,
dilettantism
,
deprecating
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