Dep·re·ca·tive a. Serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
-- Dep*re*ca*tive*ly, adv.
◄ ►
deprecative
adj 1: 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, deprecatory,
depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]
2: given to expressing disapproval