deprecating

English

Verb

deprecating

1. present participle and gerund of deprecate

Adjective

deprecating (comparative more deprecating, superlative most deprecating)

1. In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.

   She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.

   He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.

   • 1912, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea, Chapter I. The Hurrying of Ludovic, 7

     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.

   • 2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 67:

     It 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.

Derived terms

• deprecatingly
• self-deprecating

Translations

in manner that deprecates

Catalan: deprecatiu French: déprécatif (fr) German: missbilligend (de), herablassend (de), tadelnd (de), herabsetzend (de) Italian: deprecativo