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deprecative

[ dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. serving to deprecate; deprecatory.


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Other Words From

  • depre·cative·ly adverb
  • non·depre·cative adjective
  • non·depre·cative·ly adverb
  • un·depre·cative adjective
  • un·depre·cative·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deprecative1

1480–90; (< Anglo-French ) < Late Latin dēprecātīvus, equivalent to dēprecāt ( us ) ( deprecate ) + -īvus -ive

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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.

They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.

She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.

The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.

Mike said something deprecative of his own efforts and took the package.

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