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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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The girl was deprecatory at one moment, appealing to Robert.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
He was certainly not more than thirty, and the elderly mate, with a murmur to me of "That's my old man," proceeded to give instances of the natural unhandiness of the ship in a sort of deprecatory tone, as if to say, "You mustn't think I bear a grudge against her for that.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
But he is manifestly afraid of my displeasure; and if at one time he tries my patience by his unreasonable exactions, and fretful complaints and reproaches, at another he depresses me by his abject submission and deprecatory self-abasement when he fears he has gone too far.
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