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单词 deprecative
释义
deprecative
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adj

WORD FAMILY
deprecative: deprecatively+/deprecate: deprecated, deprecates, deprecating, deprecation, deprecative, deprecatory/deprecating: deprecatingly, self-deprecating/deprecation: deprecations/deprecatory: deprecatorily
USAGE EXAMPLES
“You too—get in,” he remarked briefly, and they got in, humble and sleek, with air deprecative of giving so much trouble.
Stockley, Cynthia, Wild Honey—Stories of South Africa(2011)
She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.
Rives, Hallie Erminie, The Valiants of Virginia(2010)
They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.
Ogden, George W. (George Washington), The Bondboy(2010)
1adj tending to diminish or disparage
Syn
belittling, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
uncomplimentary
tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage
2adj given to expressing disapproval
Syn
critical
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
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