Vocab Bloom Hub

deprecatory

/dɪˈprek.ə.tɔːr.i/

1 entry

Word connections

adjective

/dɪˈprek.ə.tɔːr.i/C2formal
  • ruВыражающий неодобрение или критику; склонный принижать или унижать.

Expressing disapproval or criticism; tending to belittle or disparage.

  1. Tending to diminish or disparageC1formal

    Expressing disapproval or criticism; intended to belittle or undervalue someone or something.

    ruУничижительный

    • His deprecatory remarks about her work were uncalled for.
    • She made a deprecatory comment about the quality of the food.
    • The review was filled with deprecatory language, dismissing the film entirely.

    Synonymsdenigratorydeprecatingdepreciatoryderogatorydismissivedisparagingpejorativeslighting

    Antonymscomplimentaryflatteringlaudatorypraising

Forms
  • more deprecatory comparative form
  • most deprecatory superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Inherited terms

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Source link

All listed licenses apply

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.