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adjective

deprecatory adj.

Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. "Humble and deprecatory letters."

Serving to deprecate; expressing a low opinion of.

Synonyms: belittling, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory.

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Etymology of 'Deprecatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Deprecatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... with a little deprecatory air. "He isn't my real uncle. He's just Jim, but I've always called him Uncle Jim ever since I was a little girl. And I love him dearly; don't I, Uncle Jim?" and she turned toward him as he entered the door ...

— The Underdog • F. Hopkinson Smith

... Saturday morning, and I went on busying myself about things at home. Pretty soon there came a deprecatory cough from the stairway—the local method of announcing a visitor. Outside of Manila knocking or ringing does not seem to appeal to the Filipinos. In the provinces the educated classes come to the foot of the stairway and call "Permiso!" and the lower-class ...

— A Woman's Impression of the Philippines • Mary Helen Fee

... Valentine, in a deprecatory tone; "don't say at the bottom, that sounds unkind. I'm sure I never wished ...

— Fated to Be Free • Jean Ingelow

... la Vega tells us that Atahuallpa's envoy addressed the Spanish commander in the most humble and deprecatory manner, as Son of the Sun and of the great God Viracocha. He adds, that he was loaded with a prodigious present of all kinds of game, living and dead, gold and silver vases, emeralds, turquoises, &c., &c, enough to furnish out the ...

— The History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William H. Prescott

... pause that lasted so long that those who had held their breath to listen, again breathed deeply. When the answer came, it was strangely deprecatory, uncertain, unassured. ...

— Vera - The Medium • Richard Harding Davis

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