Definitions for: Deprecative


[adj] given to expressing disapproval
[adj] tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"



Webster (1913) Definition: Dep"re*ca*tive, a. [L. deprecativus: cf. F.
d['e]pr['e]catif.]
Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. -- Dep"re*ca*tive*ly,
adv.

Synonyms: belittling, critical, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting, uncomplimentary

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