Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of deprecate
comparative more deprecating · superlative most deprecating
- In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
3 more examples
She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life.
1912, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea, Chapter I. The Hurrying of Ludovic, 7It is now clear that the term Hobson-Jobson was originally a deprecating Anglo-Indian slang term for the Muharram used particularly in the army and merchant navy but also more widely.
2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to diminish or disparage
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan deprecatiu
- deprecatiuin manner that deprecates
French déprécatif
- déprécatifin manner that deprecates
German missbilligend, herablassend
- missbilligendin manner that deprecates
- herablassendin manner that deprecates
- tadelndin manner that deprecates
- herabsetzendin manner that deprecates
Italian deprecativo
- deprecativoin manner that deprecates
Cite this entry
deprecating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprecating
“deprecating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deprecating. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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