Deprecatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Expressing disapproval or criticism.
  • adj. Mildly disparaging or uncomplimentary, especially of oneself.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. That deprecates; apologetic or disparaging
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
  • adj. Serving to deprecate; expressing a low opinion of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Serving or intended to deprecate or avert some threatened evil or action; characterized by entreaty or protest intended to avert something evil or painful.
  • n. A deprecating speech or act.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. tending to diminish or disparage
    • Equivalent
    uncomplimentary   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    apologetic    belittling    disparaging    depreciative    depreciatory   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    self-deprecating    dismissive    sheepish    rueful    deprecating   
     
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