English-Thai Dictionary

deprecatory

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEPRECATOR

n.One who deprecates.

 

DEPRECATORY, DEPRECATIVE

a. 1. That serves to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; as deprecatory letters.
2. Having the form of prayer.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEPRECATOR

Dep "re *ca `tor, n. Etym: [L.]

 

Defn: One who deprecates.

 

DEPRECATORY

Dep "re *ca *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. deprecatorius.]

 

Defn: Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deprecatory

dep re ca to ry |ˈdeprikəˌtôrē ˈdɛprəkəˌtɔri | ▶adjective expressing disapproval; disapproving. • apologetic or appeasing: a deprecatory smile.

 

Oxford Dictionary

deprecatory

dep ¦re |ca ¦tory |dɛprəˈkeɪtəri | ▶adjective expressing disapproval; disapproving. • apologetic or appeasing: a deprecatory smile.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deprecatory

deprecatory adjective 1 deprecatory remarks: disapproving, censorious, critical, scathing, damning, condemnatory, denunciatory, disparaging, denigrating, derogatory, negative, unflattering; disdainful, derisive, snide. 2 a deprecatory smile: apologetic, rueful, regretful, sorry, remorseful, contrite, penitent, repentant; shamefaced, sheepish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deprecatory

deprecatory adjective 1 he made deprecatory remarks about the opposition: disapproving, censorious, censuring, critical, scathing, damning, damnatory, condemnatory, condemning, denunciatory; castigatory, reproachful, reproving, upbraiding, admonishing; informal slating, knocking; rare reprobative, reprobatory. 2 Greene was deprecatory about his own writing: disparaging, belittling, denigratory, derogatory, discrediting, diminishing, detracting, deflating, negative, unflattering, slighting; disdainful, derisive, snide, sneering, mocking, jibing. 3 she gave a deprecatory smile at her mistake: apologetic, regretful, full of regret, sorry, remorseful, contrite, penitent, repentant, rueful, appeasing; conscience-stricken, red-faced, shamefaced, sheepish, hangdog; rare propitiatory, compunctious. ANTONYMS unrepentant.

 

Spanish Dictionary

deprecatorio, -ria

deprecatorio, -ria adjetivo formal De la deprecación o relacionado con ella :consistía en expresar con énfasis admirativo o deprecatorio la reacción personal del comentarista frente a una obra literaria que le había gustado o le desagradaba .