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deprecatory
adjective
(dep-re-ca-to-ry)
tending to diminish or disparage
Synonyms:
belittling
,
deprecating
,
deprecative
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
slighting
,
Examples:
Deprecatory remarks about the book.
Words Related to
deprecatory
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deprecating
,
uncomplimentary
,
belittling
,
slighting
,
deprecative
,
depreciative
,
depreciatory
,
derogative
,
derisive
,
pejorative
,
dismissive
,
eulogistic
,
contemptuous
,
flippant
,
sarcastic
,
derogatory
,
vulgar
,
tactless
,
denunciatory
,
reproachful
,
ungentlemanly
,
undiplomatic
,
jocose
,
ineloquent
,
rebarbative
,
delphic
,
jejune
,
unquotable
,
womanish
,
unladylike
,
condescending
,
teacherly
,
infelicitous
,
dialectal
,
accusative
,
schoolboyish
,
schoolmasterly
,
unchivalrous
,
sesquipedalian
,
disobliging
,
politer
,
captious
,
jamesian
,
aphoristic
,
unmannerly
,
demeaning
,
racialist
,
indiscrete
,
prolix
,
gnomic
,
denotative
,
sententious
,
lavatorial
,
sexist
,
genitive
,
euphemistic
,
nonracist
,
ungrammatical
,
unembarrassed
,
attributive
,
snide
,
onomatopoetic
,
terminological
,
connotative
,
brusk
,
glib
,
bromidic
,
uncouth
,
monosyllabic
,
johnsonian
,
indecorous
,
unacademic
,
nonliteral
,
unsavoury
,
reductionistic
,
choicer
,
unpoetic
,
parodic
,
immoderate
,
schoolmarmish
,
intransitive
,
descriptive
,
unamusing
,
lexicographical
,
disparaging
,
jesuitical
,
whiggish
,
irenic
,
uncharitable
,
nabokovian
,
unintellectual
,
hemingwayesque
,
fuddy
,
coarsest
,
masculinist
,
orientalist
,
denigratory
,
graceless
,
unaffectionate
,
orotund
,
deprecatory
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