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deprecatory
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dep·re·ca·to·ry  (dpr-k-tôr, -tr) also dep·re·ca·tive (-ktv)
adj.
1. Expressing disapproval or criticism.
2. Mildly disparaging or uncomplimentary, especially of oneself.
depre·ca·tori·ly adv.
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Adj.1.deprecatory - tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
belittling, deprecating, deprecative, slighting, depreciative, depreciatory
uncomplimentary - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage


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1) This article appealed to me because the key words in the title, arsenokoites and malakos, are precisely the two controversial words from the passage that are often translated deprecatorily as "homosexuals and sodomites.
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