deprecatingadj.

/ˈdɛprɪkeɪtɪŋ/

Etymology: < deprecate v. + -ing suffix².

That deprecates or expresses disapproval or disavowal; deprecatory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] > remonstrating

expostulatory1592

expostulating1637

remonstrating1660

deprecatory1704

remonstrant1773

remonstratory1823

expostulative1837

Protestant1844

deprecating1871

expostulant1880

deprecative1884

1871 L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See xviii A bright, but withal deprecating, smile on her lovely face.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xi Albert waved a deprecating hand.

1925 M. B. Lowndes Some Men & Women 199 With a queer, half-deprecating, half-humorous look on his handsome face.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

ˈdeprecating n.

ΚΠ

1851 R. Whately Lectures Good & Evil Angels vii. 199 The deprecating of inquiry as ‘hazardous’, and the exhorting of Christians to hold their faith on just such grounds as the Pagans have for theirs.

单词	deprecating
释义	deprecatingadj. /ˈdɛprɪkeɪtɪŋ/ Etymology: < deprecate v. + -ing suffix². That deprecates or expresses disapproval or disavowal; deprecatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] > remonstrating expostulatory1592 expostulating1637 remonstrating1660 deprecatory1704 remonstrant1773 remonstratory1823 expostulative1837 Protestant1844 deprecating1871 expostulant1880 deprecative1884 1871 L. W. M. Lockhart Fair to See xviii A bright, but withal deprecating, smile on her lovely face. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xi Albert waved a deprecating hand. 1925 M. B. Lowndes Some Men & Women 199 With a queer, half-deprecating, half-humorous look on his handsome face. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > as lemmas ˈdeprecating ˈdeprecating n. ΚΠ 1851 R. Whately Lectures Good & Evil Angels vii. 199 The deprecating of inquiry as ‘hazardous’, and the exhorting of Christians to hold their faith on just such grounds as the Pagans have for theirs. extracted from deprecatev. < adj.1871 as lemmas
随便看	unrecalling unrecanted unrecapturable unreceding unreceipted unreceivable unreceived unreceiving unreceptant unreceptive unreceptiveness unreceptivity unreciprocal unreciprocated unrecited unrecked unrecked of unrecking unreckingness unreckless unreckon unreckonable unreckoned unreckoned-for unreckoned-on

deprecatingadj.

> as lemmas