Usually means: Expressing disapproval of something; belittling.
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  1. deprecating: Merriam-Webster
  2. deprecating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deprecating: Vocabulary.com
  4. Deprecating, deprecating: Wordnik
  5. deprecating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. deprecating: Wiktionary
  7. Deprecating, deprecating: Dictionary.com
  8. Deprecating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. deprecating: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. deprecating: Rhymezone
  11. Deprecating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. deprecating: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. deprecating: FreeDictionary.org
  14. deprecating: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. deprecating: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. deprecating: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. deprecating: Legal dictionary

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  1. deprecating: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.

Similar:
belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting, uncomplimentary, ridiculing, self-deprecating, condescending, sardonic, more...

Opposite:
laudatory, praiseworthy, commendatory

Phrases:
self deprecating, more...

Adjectives:
self, polished, half, less, funny, humble, shy, wistful, anxious, modest

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Similar:
belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting, uncomplimentary, ridiculing, self-deprecating, condescending, sardonic, more...

Opposite:
laudatory, praiseworthy, commendatory

Phrases:
self deprecating, more...

Adjectives:
self, polished, half, less, funny, humble, shy, wistful, anxious, modest

Colors:
    gray,     charcoal,     pewter,     taupe,     olive, more...



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