| ADJECTIVE | all | deprecating, belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting | tending to diminish or disparage |
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| Sounds | deh'prahkey.tihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | tending to diminish or disparage. | |
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| Example | "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment" | |
| Synonyms | belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting | |
| Broader | uncomplimentary | tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage |
| Spanish | desaprobatorio, reprobatorio | |
| Catalan | desaprobatori, reprobatori | |
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