His book includes a deprecating reference to Reagan's economic policy.
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Then it began to sweep slowly over her in the deprecating manner that Jessamy remembered so clearly from four years ago.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►self-deprecating humour
(=jokes, funny stories etc in which you criticize or make fun of yourself)· Her self-deprecating humour made the audience howl with laughter.
1expressing criticism or disapproval: She glanced at me in a deprecating way.2 British English intended to make someone feel less annoyed or disapproving: a deprecating smile →self-deprecating—deprecatingly adverb