deprecating

English

Verb

deprecating

present participle of deprecate

Adjective

deprecating (comparative more deprecating, superlative most deprecating)

In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
- 1912, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea, Chapter I. The Hurrying of Ludovic, 7
  Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life.
She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.

He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.

Derived terms

deprecatingly

Translations

in manner that deprecates

German: missbilligend (de), herablassend (de), tadelnd (de), herabsetzend (de)

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