| a. | 1. | Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. |
| Adj. | 1. | deprecative - tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" |
| 2. | deprecative - given to expressing disapproval |
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