Definition of deprecatory in English:

deprecatory

adjective dɛprəˈkeɪtəriˈdɛprɪkəˌtɔri

1Expressing disapproval; disapproving.
Example sentencesExamples
- No doubt, the Government's somewhat dismissive and deprecatory attitude towards those opposed to ratification succeeded in turning off a big section of the electorate.
- He is a tremendous comic when he wants to be, as well as arrogant and deprecatory, with humor, when he feels that it is appropriate.
- These criticisms of his theological proposal should not in any way be interpreted as deprecatory of the project in hand.
- Other ranking officers have also made deprecatory and abusive comments about the defence minister at international meetings.
- The tone is deprecatory throughout, and 30 cartoons, many of which are full page, reinforce the ridicule and derision.
- So the concept of the tourist as a nuisance and a parasite upon his host country did not take long to establish and the word was almost from the beginning used in a deprecatory sense.
- In my more than two years of writing on the web, I have had enough deprecatory e-mails from readers who do not share my high opinion of the man.
- The book is surely demeaning, and for the Germans the main character conjures up a familiar and deprecatory stereotype.
- These terms attached a deprecatory image to the person so identified.
- If someone angers me, I can cite my antagonist's deprecatory tone; if someone makes me jealous, I can point to his poaching on my emotional property.
- It was while defending himself that he was alleged to have made deprecatory remarks about the leader.
- The ‘fastest girl in town’ label accentuates and casts a deprecatory shadow onto her racial otherness, and she eventually leaves Ruby.
- The end of the eulogy abandons the apparently deprecatory mythological images.
- During the meeting the President spoke in deprecatory terms of the model course of school drill now practised in our schools.
- That can seem like a loss of regard for others’ feelings, as if we had become more self-centred, the ‘me-generation’ in Tom Wolfe's deprecatory phrase.
Synonyms
disapproving, censorious, censuring, critical, scathing, damning, damnatory, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory
castigatory, reproachful, reproving, upbraiding, admonishing
informal slating, knocking
rare reprobative, reprobatory
disparaging, belittling, denigratory, derogatory, discrediting, diminishing, detracting, deflating, negative, unflattering, slighting
disdainful, derisive, snide, sneering, mocking, jibing
1. 1.1 Apologetic or appeasing.
  a deprecatory smile
  Example sentencesExamples
  He compèred for the corporation and the bands submitted to interviews with him and made the right deprecatory noises.
  Composing himself, he turned to the girl again with a deprecatory smile. But no smile answered him from her set face.
  He met each interviewer on deck with a deprecatory smile, and the hat pushed back on his head.
  ‘Hey, listen’, I said, with a wry self - deprecatory shake of the head, ‘You don't want to hear a superannuated sociologist propounding half - baked theories.
  The beauty of our homegrown varieties of eccentricity is in the triumph of a poised, moderate balance, coupled with a dose of thoroughly deprecatory satire.
  And he smiled with a feeble and deprecatory smile.
  Synonyms
  apologetic, regretful, full of regret, sorry, remorseful, contrite, penitent, repentant, rueful, appeasing
  conscience-stricken, red-faced, shamefaced, sheepish, hangdog
  rare propitiatory, compunctious

Definition of deprecatory in US English:

deprecatory

adjectiveˈdeprikəˌtôrēˈdɛprɪkəˌtɔri

1Expressing disapproval; disapproving.
Example sentencesExamples
- Other ranking officers have also made deprecatory and abusive comments about the defence minister at international meetings.
- These terms attached a deprecatory image to the person so identified.
- In my more than two years of writing on the web, I have had enough deprecatory e-mails from readers who do not share my high opinion of the man.
- The ‘fastest girl in town’ label accentuates and casts a deprecatory shadow onto her racial otherness, and she eventually leaves Ruby.
- These criticisms of his theological proposal should not in any way be interpreted as deprecatory of the project in hand.
- So the concept of the tourist as a nuisance and a parasite upon his host country did not take long to establish and the word was almost from the beginning used in a deprecatory sense.
- That can seem like a loss of regard for others’ feelings, as if we had become more self-centred, the ‘me-generation’ in Tom Wolfe's deprecatory phrase.
- He is a tremendous comic when he wants to be, as well as arrogant and deprecatory, with humor, when he feels that it is appropriate.
- If someone angers me, I can cite my antagonist's deprecatory tone; if someone makes me jealous, I can point to his poaching on my emotional property.
- The end of the eulogy abandons the apparently deprecatory mythological images.
- The tone is deprecatory throughout, and 30 cartoons, many of which are full page, reinforce the ridicule and derision.
- The book is surely demeaning, and for the Germans the main character conjures up a familiar and deprecatory stereotype.
- No doubt, the Government's somewhat dismissive and deprecatory attitude towards those opposed to ratification succeeded in turning off a big section of the electorate.
- It was while defending himself that he was alleged to have made deprecatory remarks about the leader.
- During the meeting the President spoke in deprecatory terms of the model course of school drill now practised in our schools.
Synonyms
disapproving, censorious, censuring, critical, scathing, damning, damnatory, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory
disparaging, belittling, denigratory, derogatory, discrediting, diminishing, detracting, deflating, negative, unflattering, slighting
1. 1.1 Apologetic or appeasing.
  a deprecatory smile
  Example sentencesExamples
  He met each interviewer on deck with a deprecatory smile, and the hat pushed back on his head.
  The beauty of our homegrown varieties of eccentricity is in the triumph of a poised, moderate balance, coupled with a dose of thoroughly deprecatory satire.
  He compèred for the corporation and the bands submitted to interviews with him and made the right deprecatory noises.
  And he smiled with a feeble and deprecatory smile.
  Composing himself, he turned to the girl again with a deprecatory smile. But no smile answered him from her set face.
  ‘Hey, listen’, I said, with a wry self - deprecatory shake of the head, ‘You don't want to hear a superannuated sociologist propounding half - baked theories.
  Synonyms
  apologetic, regretful, full of regret, sorry, remorseful, contrite, penitent, repentant, rueful, appeasing

单词	deprecatory
释义	Definition of deprecatory in English: deprecatory adjective dɛprəˈkeɪtəriˈdɛprɪkəˌtɔri 1Expressing disapproval; disapproving. Example sentencesExamples No doubt, the Government's somewhat dismissive and deprecatory attitude towards those opposed to ratification succeeded in turning off a big section of the electorate. He is a tremendous comic when he wants to be, as well as arrogant and deprecatory, with humor, when he feels that it is appropriate. These criticisms of his theological proposal should not in any way be interpreted as deprecatory of the project in hand. Other ranking officers have also made deprecatory and abusive comments about the defence minister at international meetings. The tone is deprecatory throughout, and 30 cartoons, many of which are full page, reinforce the ridicule and derision. So the concept of the tourist as a nuisance and a parasite upon his host country did not take long to establish and the word was almost from the beginning used in a deprecatory sense. In my more than two years of writing on the web, I have had enough deprecatory e-mails from readers who do not share my high opinion of the man. The book is surely demeaning, and for the Germans the main character conjures up a familiar and deprecatory stereotype. These terms attached a deprecatory image to the person so identified. If someone angers me, I can cite my antagonist's deprecatory tone; if someone makes me jealous, I can point to his poaching on my emotional property. It was while defending himself that he was alleged to have made deprecatory remarks about the leader. The ‘fastest girl in town’ label accentuates and casts a deprecatory shadow onto her racial otherness, and she eventually leaves Ruby. The end of the eulogy abandons the apparently deprecatory mythological images. During the meeting the President spoke in deprecatory terms of the model course of school drill now practised in our schools. That can seem like a loss of regard for others’ feelings, as if we had become more self-centred, the ‘me-generation’ in Tom Wolfe's deprecatory phrase. Synonyms disapproving, censorious, censuring, critical, scathing, damning, damnatory, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory castigatory, reproachful, reproving, upbraiding, admonishing informal slating, knocking rare reprobative, reprobatory disparaging, belittling, denigratory, derogatory, discrediting, diminishing, detracting, deflating, negative, unflattering, slighting disdainful, derisive, snide, sneering, mocking, jibing 1.1 Apologetic or appeasing. a deprecatory smile Example sentencesExamples He compèred for the corporation and the bands submitted to interviews with him and made the right deprecatory noises. Composing himself, he turned to the girl again with a deprecatory smile. But no smile answered him from her set face. He met each interviewer on deck with a deprecatory smile, and the hat pushed back on his head. ‘Hey, listen’, I said, with a wry self - deprecatory shake of the head, ‘You don't want to hear a superannuated sociologist propounding half - baked theories. The beauty of our homegrown varieties of eccentricity is in the triumph of a poised, moderate balance, coupled with a dose of thoroughly deprecatory satire. And he smiled with a feeble and deprecatory smile. Synonyms apologetic, regretful, full of regret, sorry, remorseful, contrite, penitent, repentant, rueful, appeasing conscience-stricken, red-faced, shamefaced, sheepish, hangdog rare propitiatory, compunctious Definition of deprecatory in US English: deprecatory adjectiveˈdeprikəˌtôrēˈdɛprɪkəˌtɔri 1Expressing disapproval; disapproving. Example sentencesExamples Other ranking officers have also made deprecatory and abusive comments about the defence minister at international meetings. These terms attached a deprecatory image to the person so identified. In my more than two years of writing on the web, I have had enough deprecatory e-mails from readers who do not share my high opinion of the man. The ‘fastest girl in town’ label accentuates and casts a deprecatory shadow onto her racial otherness, and she eventually leaves Ruby. These criticisms of his theological proposal should not in any way be interpreted as deprecatory of the project in hand. So the concept of the tourist as a nuisance and a parasite upon his host country did not take long to establish and the word was almost from the beginning used in a deprecatory sense. That can seem like a loss of regard for others’ feelings, as if we had become more self-centred, the ‘me-generation’ in Tom Wolfe's deprecatory phrase. He is a tremendous comic when he wants to be, as well as arrogant and deprecatory, with humor, when he feels that it is appropriate. If someone angers me, I can cite my antagonist's deprecatory tone; if someone makes me jealous, I can point to his poaching on my emotional property. The end of the eulogy abandons the apparently deprecatory mythological images. The tone is deprecatory throughout, and 30 cartoons, many of which are full page, reinforce the ridicule and derision. The book is surely demeaning, and for the Germans the main character conjures up a familiar and deprecatory stereotype. No doubt, the Government's somewhat dismissive and deprecatory attitude towards those opposed to ratification succeeded in turning off a big section of the electorate. It was while defending himself that he was alleged to have made deprecatory remarks about the leader. During the meeting the President spoke in deprecatory terms of the model course of school drill now practised in our schools. Synonyms disapproving, censorious, censuring, critical, scathing, damning, damnatory, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory disparaging, belittling, denigratory, derogatory, discrediting, diminishing, detracting, deflating, negative, unflattering, slighting 1.1 Apologetic or appeasing. a deprecatory smile Example sentencesExamples He met each interviewer on deck with a deprecatory smile, and the hat pushed back on his head. The beauty of our homegrown varieties of eccentricity is in the triumph of a poised, moderate balance, coupled with a dose of thoroughly deprecatory satire. He compèred for the corporation and the bands submitted to interviews with him and made the right deprecatory noises. And he smiled with a feeble and deprecatory smile. Composing himself, he turned to the girl again with a deprecatory smile. But no smile answered him from her set face. ‘Hey, listen’, I said, with a wry self - deprecatory shake of the head, ‘You don't want to hear a superannuated sociologist propounding half - baked theories. Synonyms apologetic, regretful, full of regret, sorry, remorseful, contrite, penitent, repentant, rueful, appeasing
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