Found 2 items, similar to deprecatory.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deprecatory deprecatory adj : tending to diminish or disparage; “belittling comments”; “managed a deprecating smile at the compliment”; “deprecatory remarks about the book”; “a slighting remark” [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]
English → English (gcide) Definition: deprecatory deprecatory \dep"re*ca*to*ry\ (d[e^]p"r[-e]*k[.a]*t[-o]*r[y^]), a. [L. deprecatorius.] 1. Tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. [1913 Webster] Humble and deprecatory letters. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Serving to deprecate; expressing a low opinion of. Syn: belittling, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory. [PJC]