单词 | deprecating |
释义 | deprecatingadj. 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 lemmasˈdeprecating 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. < as lemmas |
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