Depreciatory synonyms

-shə-tĭv, -shē-ā'tĭv

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derogative
Tending to derogate; detractive.
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deprecatory
Expressing disapproval or criticism.
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depreciative
Tending to depreciate (in value etc.)
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derogatory
(Law) When referring to a clause in a testament: a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; – a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.
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detractive
Tending to detract or draw.
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low
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
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pejorative
Disparaging or derogatory
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slighting
Conveying or constituting a slight; belittling:
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uncomplimentary
Not complimentary; derogatory.
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praise (related)
Tending or intending to belittle
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belittling
tending to diminish or disparage
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deprecating
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
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depreciating
That degrades the value of something; deprecating.
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Depreciatory Sentence Examples

  • Even the author of the OcOaxrt finds it necessary to defend the prophets who practised celibacy and strict asceticism against the depreciatory criticism of church members.

  • It is almost impossible that a much later period could have produced such unpretentious and almost depreciatory representations of the deeds and personality of the prophet.

  • Besides the works already enumerated, it contained the Sermones de motu gravium composed at Pisa between 1589 and 1591; his letters to his friends, with many of their replies, as well as several of the essays of his scientific opponents; his laudatory comments on the Orlando Furioso, and depreciatory notes on the Gerusalemme Liberata, some stanzas and sonnets of no great merit, together with the sketch of a comedy; finally, a reprint of Viviani's Life, with valuable notes and corrections.

  • Horace, so depreciatory in general of the older literature, shows his appreciation of Terence by the frequent reproduction in his Satires and Odes of his language and his philosophy of life.

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