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View synonyms for deprecative
deprecative
[ dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv ]
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Other Words From
- depre·cative·ly adverb
- non·depre·cative adjective
- non·depre·cative·ly adverb
- un·depre·cative adjective
- un·depre·cative·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deprecative1
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Example Sentences
I yielded to an instinct for deprecative horse-play, one of my worst faults, begot of an inferiority-complex.
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They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.
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She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.
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The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.
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Mike said something deprecative of his own efforts and took the package.
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