Deprecative [adjective]
Definition of Deprecative:
disparaging
Synonyms of Deprecative:
● Critical
● Deprecatory
● Depreciative
● Depreciatory
● Derogative
● Derogatory
● Detractive
● Slighting
● Belittling
● Deprecating
● Disapproving
● Uncomplimentary
Opposite/Antonyms of Deprecative:
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Sentence/Example of Deprecative:
I yielded to an instinct for deprecative horse-play, one of my worst faults, begot of an inferiority-complex.
They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.
She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.
The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.
Mike said something deprecative of his own efforts and took the package.