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Deprecatory
Deprecatory meaning
Apologetic. | Disparaging. | Tending to avert evil by prayer.
Synonyms of Deprecatory
Example sentences (8)
Meanwhile, Koimoi also watched, reviewed, and rated it with 2 stars and called it Akshay Kumar’s self-deprecatory humour.
But here, Astrov, given great self-deprecatory wit by William Jackson Harper, is more dimensional than usual, including, for once, an interest in trees that’s as painfully visceral as his interest in Elena.
I can be self-deprecatory and I've been known to do a few parodies myself," he said.
If he were bringing it up in a self-deprecatory manner maybe not.
Addresses to the Emperor were always to be formal and self-deprecatory, even by the closest of family members.
Doe Maar translates as Go Ahead or Just do it, a phrase mostly used in a deprecatory, sulky manner.
Plutarch writes that Cicero was urged to change this deprecatory name when he entered politics, but refused, saying that he would make Cicero more glorious than Scaurus ("Swollen-ankled") and Catulus ("Puppy").
Similarly with other deprecatory nouns as pierdoła, ciapa, łamaga, łajza, niezdara ("wuss, klutz"); niemowa ("mute") can used deprecatively as described previously, and then can be used for verbs marked for the male and female genders.