deprecative

[ dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. serving to deprecate; deprecatory.

Origin of deprecative

1
1480–90; (<Anglo-French ) <Late Latin dēprecātīvus, equivalent to dēprecāt(us) (see deprecate) + -īvus-ive

Other words from deprecative

  • dep·re·ca·tive·ly, adverb
  • non·dep·re·ca·tive, adjective
  • non·dep·re·ca·tive·ly, adverb
  • un·dep·re·ca·tive, adjective
  • un·dep·re·ca·tive·ly, adverb

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How to use deprecative in a sentence

  • I yielded to an instinct for deprecative horse-play, one of my worst faults, begot of an inferiority-complex.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
  • They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.

    The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
  • She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.

    The Valiants of Virginia | Hallie Erminie Rives
  • The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.

    The Pursuit | Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
  • Mike said something deprecative of his own efforts and took the package.

    Unwise Child | Gordon Randall Garrett