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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tending to diminish or disparage;
- Example: "belittling comments"
- Example: "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"
- Example: "deprecatory remarks about the book"
- Example: "a slighting remark"
[syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

deprecatory \dep"re*ca*to*ry\ (d[e^]p"r[-e]*k[.a]*t[-o]*r[y^]),
   a. [L. deprecatorius.]
   1. Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
      [1913 Webster]

            Humble and deprecatory letters.       --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Serving to deprecate; expressing a low opinion of.

   Syn: belittling, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory,
        depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting,
        slighting, pejorative, denigratory.
        [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deprecatory
    adj 1: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
           "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment";
           "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting
           remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative,
           deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
           slighting]