- belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting - tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
Antonym: complimentary (indirect, via uncomplimentary)
- deprecate - express strong disapproval of; deplore
--1 is one way to disapprove, reject
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun deprecation2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- deprecate, depreciate - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
--2 is one way to disparage, belittle, pick at
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun deprecation2
Somebody ----s something