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11Deprecatively — Deprecative Dep re*ca*tive (d[e^]p r[ e]*k[asl]*t[i^]v), a. [L. deprecativus: cf. F. d[ e]pr[ e]catif.] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. [1913 Webster] Syn: belittling, derogatory, pejorative, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory,… …
12deprecatory — 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… …
13Depreciatory — De*pre ci*a*to*ry (d[ e]*pr[=e] sh[i^]*[.a]*t[ o]*r[y^] or d[ e]*pr[=e] sh[.a]*t[ o]*r[y^]), a. Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative. Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting,… …
14Derogative — De*rog a*tive, a. Derogatory. {De*rog a*tive*ly}, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne. Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory. [1913 Webster] …
15Derogatively — Derogative De*rog a*tive, a. Derogatory. {De*rog a*tive*ly}, adv. [R.] Sir T. Browne. Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory. [1913 Webster] …
16Detractingly — De*tract ing*ly, adv. In a detracting manner. [1913 Webster] …
17disparaging — adj. expressing a low opinion of; same as {derogatory}; as, disparaging remarks about the new house. Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting, pejorative, denigratory.… …
18Obliquely — Ob*lique ly, adv. In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. Truth obliquely leveled. Bp. Fell. [1913 Webster] Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. Pope [1913 Webster] His discourse tends obliquely to the …
19derogatory — adjective Date: circa 1503 1. detracting from the character or standing of something often used with to, towards, or of 2. expressive of a low opinion ; disparaging < derogatory remarks > • derog …
20fly in the ointment — phrasal a detracting factor or element …