DEPRECATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deprecatory mean? 

• DEPRECATORY (adjective)
  The adjective DEPRECATORY has 1 sense:

1. tending to diminish or disparage

  Familiarity information: DEPRECATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEPRECATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to diminish or disparage

Synonyms:

belittling; deprecating; deprecative; deprecatory; depreciative; depreciatory; slighting

Context example:

a slighting remark

Similar:

uncomplimentary (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)

Derivation:

deprecate (belittle)

 Context examples 

Mr. Spenlow, settling his chin in his cravat and rubbing it softly, went over the items with a deprecatory air—as if it were all Jorkins's doing—and handed it back to Tiffey with a bland sigh.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)