deprecate
verb (used with object)
to express earnest disapproval of.
half-deprecating
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a word derived from
deprecate.
Example Sentences
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The sly, half-audacious, half-deprecating look with which he uttered these words irritated Frank beyond endurance.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
With a half-authoritative, half-deprecating wave of the hand, he sought to deter me from ringing.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Diana had asked the Roughsedges, explaining the matter, with a half-deprecating, half-humorous face, to the comfortable ear of Mrs. Roughsedge.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Mrs. Humphry Ward
The man, who was clad in a cotton blouse and blue jean trousers, made a half-respectful, half-deprecating gesture.
From A Traitor's Wooing by Headon Hill
Perhaps they appreciated the odd, half-deprecating, half-satirical expression of the face they knew so well.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Emma G. Moore
